I have a tendency to write things down that I intend to post and keep them in a word document. It’s kind of like a journal. A place where I write things down…the good stuff makes the blog…the bad/untimely or out-dated stuff hits the cutting room floor. This stuff never goes beyond my journal. But I rarely delete a working idea.. And as I was scrolling through this document on my desktop and I found this one. I’m not sure why I never posted it…maybe it just got too past the right moment for posting? After reading it I realized that though I love fall…there are many, many things I love about summer and spring. As the days turn darker earlier and earlier and the weather sends me shivering into the warmth of my house…I will miss summer even more this year because of the beautiful yard we were blessed with this summer. I truly enjoyed the escape…and looking back at this old post, I realize just how much! Where my mind wanders…a post I wrote this summer...
A few weeks back…one night after all the chaos of my house was at rest…dinner made…dishes done… kitchen counters wiped…PJ’s on…milk drank…story read…sleepy head snoozing in his crib…I wandered outside. Jer was working late…and I found myself in quiet. My first order of business was to water our garden. The weather was absolutely perfect. I’m willing to say that I could have that kind of weather all year round and never ever grow tired of it.
As I stood out in our yard I took a few deeps breaths and just tried to soak in the moment. It was the first time all day when I was peacefully enjoying a moment only for me and my mind wandered. I watched a lightning bug flash around in the dirt of our garden. I calculated the distance I want to put between some homemade lanterns I want to make and envisioned where I want to put them. And hoped I might ever get to them with all the other crazy ideas I’ve got rolling around in my head. Then I looked around the yard a bit. I have always loved the way the lightning bugs pop up around our yard in the summer. At the end of the day, they get to showing off…and it’s dazzling. I actually was inspired to write this blog…and contemplated ways to make it work like that scene from Marley and me…where he lists what he did for a whole year in simple sentences. I had a couple good ideas…and then as soon as they came they left. My mind wandered some more. I remembered a conversation with Jer last week about the lightning bugs. He told me he discovered them one night while outside working on the yard (insert link to previous post) It was completely dark out and he said it looked like someone was flashing pictures there were so many. I then made a mental note to remember to tell him how right he was. Anyway…I found myself lazily wandering around my plants, watering, picking, day dreaming. Totally lost in thought. Totally at peace. Totally content. Thinking about nothing and everything in a matter of 20 minutes. In that time, I realized how much I love this time of year. I have this little slice of heaven out in my backyard that I can take refuge in. And all I have to think about are the things happening back there or what comes to my head. Nothing more. Nothing less. I love looking at how much my barrel has filled in over the summer so far. How big our tomato plants are getting. How well our butterfly bushes are doing and how one is getting ready to bloom and be beautiful. It’s a space that always welcomes me. Good mood, bad mood or otherwise. I can go outside and check to see what it’s doing. Or loose myself in some other world of thoughts. It’s amazing how this can be an escape from the everyday. The everyday is where I live all the time…and every once in awhile…an escape is pretty awesome! Especially when it’s in my own back yard.
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