The Zen of Gardening

A friend of mine is a gardener in London and her garden space is what I dream about when I long for old brick walls and worn down potting sheds and ageless English garden style. Her garden has all of this and more....even a resident family of Foxes!



She was describing the process of removing snails from her lettuce beds....removing one and tossing it out of the way....finding another and tossing it as well..... another...another.... and next morning, tossing another. All very Zen-like she thought.
And I agree. Much of gardening has a Zen like quality to it. Hard and persistent work. A patient attitude. Birth, death, and re-birth. Tossing snails out of the way. Playing with the baby foxes. Mothering the tomato plants.

I love everyday in my garden, and in the gardens of my dreams.

Spring!

Wow..... Have I neglected this blog or what? It is a photo/literary project, and the project has been temporarily dormant, to say the least. Time to get re-energized in this season of new growth and color and freshness...

One thing is for sure....the lack of posts has nothing to do with a lack of wonderful images being put on the Wabi Blogi flickr group. They have been very inspiring and I want to thank everyone for continuing to add photos to the group.

I have looked at this photo again and again over the past week....it is so beautiful and soothing...



Love's Blue by Hichako