Dig in and Dig Out

Dense growth shows neglect
Torturous chore of weeding
Trash cans filling fast

Trash cans filling fast
Pruners, shovels, rakes and gloves
Dig in and dig out

Dig in and dig out
New canvas developing
Garden happiness

I have spent the past few days outdoors in our “pitiful and neglected garden” … weeding.  This is a gardening chore I abhor.  A B H O R !!!!  😀

Weeding creates a situation causing me to miss my sweet departed Daddy, all the more.  He use to visit me each spring to assist me in the yard … in order to “shape up” the yard.  Weeding was his specialty.  Whether he enjoyed the process or not, I am not sure.  However, he always made it seem like he did.

With days and days of weeding ahead, due to neglect on our part, and the result of the last summer’s drought, I’ve had to psyche myself into tackling the chore, OR I would be tempted to turn around and immediately “return to the house”. 🙂

So, my surviving technique is to use the activity as a form of meditation.  I connect with Mother Nature allowing my mind to go completely blank.  It makes the time go faster, giving me appreciation for the progress and energy for another day.

Of course, I have constant supervision.  Ya-Ya and Jazzy are keeping me company … supervising from a distance.  Each turning their bodies as I move about, or following me in order to keep me within eyesight.  They do not get too close for fear I will put them to work.  😀

    

In the meantime, I have filled 7 trash cans full of dead grass, weeds, vines with thorns,  trash trees and sadly-departed shrubs and perennials.  I feel like I am half way through the worst part … or is it wishful thinking?  HOPE!! YEA 😀

Note to self:  Next life … house must come with a gardener!!!

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Happiness