Do I have to come inside?

There can be no other occupation like

gardening in which,if you were

to creep up behind someone at their work,

you would find them smiling.

~Mirabel Osler

Mirabel makes a good point. Spending time in my garden brings me great joy. In fact, I do believe I could spend days out there. And that's just what I've been doing. But I guarantee you that if Miss Mirabel were to creep up behind me while I was trying to get out of bed first thing in the morning, I'm not so sure she would catch me smiling. In fact, I reckon she would see a much different facial gesture. More like shock. Shocked over wondering who traded my real body for this one that aches all over? And am I really that out of shape that days and days of gardening would render me feeling more like the Tin Man from the Wizard of Oz before Dorothy used the oil can?!

But I'll take the aches and sore muscles. It wasn't that long ago that I didn't think I'd be able to do ANY gardening this year because of my injured knee. So I'm very grateful for the ability to be out there at all.

I'm just so excited about all the new babies I planted this week. I have a lot more to go, but each little area I finish, encourages me to keep plugging away. The picture above is a retaining wall in my backyard as it looked today.

More garden pictures later...

Blessings on your day,

xo

Sue

p.s. I'm off to fix a cup of hot tea and snuggle up with my new issue of Somerset Life. It's hit the shelves!!! So many of the blogs (and their creators, of course) I enjoy and visit frequently are featured in this quarterly edition.