not-quite Journaling, 39
In
horrid
times,
my
tiny garden
offers
me (you?)
respite
abloom.
7/29/2022: My garden has exploded, and I’m loving it (NYC’s
pollinators share my joy).
8/5/2022: I am
overwhelmed. So much is
happening in the world (COVID, monkeypox, mass shootings, war). And some
days, my own life feels just as chaotic. It’s time for me to jump into the arms
of my first love—fiction. I’m ready to get lost (and hopefully found) in
worldbuilding, character profiles, saving (and slaughtering
*cough*)
fictional people, falling in love and lust in ink. I predict battle, mythology,
romance, darkness (and light, too).
8/8/2022:
Two more days—today and tomorrow—until
the heatwave currently roasting NYC finally takes a break. I’m more than
looking forward to a breeze. I miss going on walks in the middle of the day,
without fearing like my eyeballs will start to boil or like my skin will slip
off my bones. Seriously, I’ve been dreading putting on pants; and I doubt my
neighbors would react well to midday mooning. Hm, I wonder how bees do so well
in those puffy coats of theirs? 🤔
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8/10/2022:
I walked home from the hospital today,
my first time since the heatwave made walking more than a few blocks unwise.
When I got home, I ate every bit of fruit (even slightly blushing) in my
garden. Don’t tell my nutritionist, who keeps insisting that I shouldn’t eat
fruit that isn’t completely ripe—everyone needs a vice (or three… where’s my
coffee!?).
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8/11/2022: Someone I love said, “I miss your creepy love poetry.” So, I
found this bit—for no one should be denied creepiness in love. Really. I’m
pretty sure it’s a law somewhere. And if it isn’t, then someone should make it
so. Also, every time I read this, I see grown-up Wednesday Addams and Dexter making
googly eyes at each other in my head. I wonder why…
Really like how your tiny garden inspires you and your poetry! Super!
ReplyDeleteAs do I.
DeleteWednesday Addams, home-grown strawberries, purple flowers, red flowers ... what's not to love? (And luckily for me, your heatwave doesn't reach this far. Although our early-ish Spring makes me think we might get one of our own.)
ReplyDeleteI hope the overwhelming heat skips your bit of the universe.
DeleteThe pics of your garden are so lovely. It gives your readers joy as well.You will be in Autumn in a couple of weeks....it has to get cooler for you.....Cressida
ReplyDeleteAnd joy grows stronger when shared, so... Hooray!
DeleteI love every precious nugget you've shared in this post. Stunning poetry, photography, and thought.
ReplyDeleteHave you watched the newest season of Dexter? With teenaged Harrison?
The newest season of Dexter has been on my list forever. Sigh. I hope you liked it.
DeleteI like your tiny balcony. We are about to downsize into a two bedroom with a balcony and I might get gardening tips from you. Neither of us has a green thumb, our outside potted plants now are two Hibiscus, a Palmera (from a stick, blooming on four branches now), and as long-leafed striped thing that Mrs. Jim took home from a wedding. Inside we have a Christmas plant and a shorter leafy plant. We think that might happen a year or so away, a senior living place.
ReplyDeleteBTW, Cressida can probably sign in at the anonymous place by clicking on the "anonymous" button and from the dropdown menu choice, Name and URL. I learned that somehow, click on my name here and you should go to my P&P Place blog for this prompt.
google is po'd at us for being irritated for some reason (I try not to capitalize "google" as I feel it doesn't deserve that, trying to take over the whole world. WordPress may be next, it got my YouTube, my blogs, yahoo, and forced me into an email that I never use and have forgotten its password.
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A tiny garden can be a real joy, especially when one has little space. The first thing is to be very selective in what you grow. I hope you and your lady love the new place.
DeleteI am sure, that first love of yours, will never leave or forsake you.
ReplyDeleteHave a good Saturday
Much💖love
I totally agree.
Delete"In
ReplyDeletehorrid times,
my tiny garden
offers me (you?) respite
abloom." I feel that way about my small garden, too. Lovely pictures.
Thank goodness for growing things!
DeleteI am with you when the world is just too much I retreat to my garden. Yours is just gorgeous. Have a nice evening.
ReplyDeleteAnd yours is sooo very bountiful!
DeleteReal-life gardens are becoming ever more precious over time but when that doesn't do the trick … imagination gives us inspiration, refuge and wings.
ReplyDeleteYou are so right!
DeleteBlogspot won't let me post "dittos" as a reply to RNW's comment, but will let me post it separately? Weird.
ReplyDeleteBlogger is mad.
DeleteI can feel the respite that you do in your garden ... so fortunate to have one, no matter the size. Townhouse living interferes with my gardening talents (well, the talents I used to have.) We seem to float in and out of Central Oregon heat waves. However the 30-40 degree movements in temps most days helps. We our down comforters last night with door screens and windows open. Stay cool ..............
ReplyDeleteIt's been two months since this post. And we just started using our comforter.
DeleteI really like the short poetry "when the world suffocates..." Really we need to do something to stay sane, and writing may bring in some fresh air. Open world exploring, character profiles and build, and *ahem* slaughtering [sounds like a RPG game too] are some themes to explore.
ReplyDeleteI totally adore that little piece of dark poetry. It's something i wish i can write for my 'dark side of the moon' series. That little gem is subtle but dark & wicked. :)
I've seen lots of "subtle but dark & wicked" in your cyberhome.
DeleteTiny gardens often nourish our souls in ways that big gardens can't.
ReplyDeleteThat is the absolute truth.
DeleteYour garden is just gorgeous. The bees must be in heaven.
ReplyDelete☁️🐝☁️
DeleteSorry that last anonymous comment was mine - love your garden and glad you survived the heat.
ReplyDeleteAt the moment, I'm enjoying the cool!
DeleteYour garden and also my family's garden bring me some joy. :)
ReplyDeleteWonderful!
DeleteThat is a great creepy poem! Your garden looks lovely!
ReplyDeleteThank you!
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