Accosted by garden faeries!

Brandywine, Black Krim, Golden Delicious, Heirloom Eggplant
and Peppers

I woke up yesterday to an almost 50 degree morning. It has been such a long winter, (and it's not over yet) I had forgotten what it feels like to be warm! This warm weather has brought out the garden faeries in my home, they beat  me into submission and look what they made me do. I felt compelled to start some seedlings for my new back, (and front yard) garden. The rich dark smell of the soil and dirt under my fingernails just made me feel like I could take on this project with positive energy and confidence.

 Big farm dreams you know, start small...grow.

This is the first tray of seeds I have ever started in my life. I was a lazy gardener in the past and let others do this work for me. No longer will I be a lazy gardener! This venture may succeed or it may fail, only time will tell. But, it feels like delicious food is in my future. Next weekend I will plant another tray with an array of tasty morsels to feed the spousal unit and a few family members that may stop by. 

What I see here is the newest addition to my list of things I have to do to survive, like dance, yoga, and dogs! In 10 to 15 days I am hoping to see little sprouts that have been nurtured and loved! Wish me luck~

The set up. Heating pads and south facing window

Keeping covered until sprouted

In the moment~

The entire day for me yesterday was so full a joy that I couldn't stop smiling! 
At the beginning of January I set some goals for myself. Being a person who is generally not good on the follow through with this sort of thing, I am feeling a sense of accomplishment that I haven't felt in a very long time. I just completed a belly dance boot camp training with Joanna Ashleigh. I will confess I missed a couple of training session due family business, but I still feel that I learned so much about myself.  I am stronger than I think, and can do what I set out to do despite those constant roadblocks that pop up now and then. 


 At the beginning of the session my goals went something like this...


1. Get back the joy I once had about dance
2. Confidence
3. Breath
4. Body Awareness
5. Strength
6. Core Elements


Number one was the most important to me, however a small amount of serious progress was made in my subsequent goals. I have a long way to go with training, but it feels so good to feel this good. 


After my final boot camp class, I stayed for a choreography workshop. The class brought out feelings of euphoria and joy about dance that I haven't felt in years. I realize epiphanies are a rare occurrence, (following a process of significant labor), but the sudden comprehension that you have reached a place of understanding about yourself...that is something extraordinary.


  I was there, in the moment, relaxed and full of bliss. I hope to hold on to what I felt in my heart that day and carry it through the next phase that is life~