I titled this post "Maintenance Phase", which doesn't have anything to do with the podcast (although I am a fan.) It's become clear that this the life phase I am currently in. Keeping things moving - getting kids to school, getting myself to work, keeping the house clean and staying on top of chores - is the focus of my days. The weather is not helping, with freezing temperatures and windy days keeping us inside. We've had a few glimpses of Spring, but we're not quite there yet.
It's been awhile, so here are some photos from the past few months. You can still see leaves on the trees in many of these, which is a time I have already forgotten existed.
Flower season has now started with hundreds of seedlings being sewn and tended to. It's not long now before I start preparing the garden and planting out. My flower subscription sales have been much lower than normal this year, something I'm hearing from other flower sellers as well. Everything is expensive these days and I understand that fun purchases, like flowers, are the first to go. I also decided to take a 6-week break in the middle of the summer so that's also going to impact sales. Luckily I am not financially dependent on this business at all, but I know other growers are, so please support your local flower farm, even if it's just one bouquet during the season! (Buying locally is now more important than ever, no matter your location.)
I have been struggling with my "why" regarding this blog for awhile. Posting takes time and effort, and I'm already a regular journaler so I don't necessarily need to record my life in this way. If you are a blogger, I'd love to hear what keeps you going. Although I have had significant breaks, I have been blogging for twenty-one years. But, the state of the world is not great right now, and I like the idea of documenting the beauty that still exists.
In other news, the Women's Prize for Fiction longlist dropped this week! I've already read three books on the list (The Safekeep, All Fours, and The Ministry of Time), and plan to read the full longlist eventually. I started this week with Broken Seeds, the only book I don't have to wait in a lengthy hold line for. I look forward to discussing these with those of you who are also reading along this year.
EIGHT O'CLOCK AT NIGHT. That's bedtime.
ReplyDeleteSome seasons in life are what I used to term Dory Seasons, as in just keep swimming. I remember years that felt like one of those little exercise pools, where the water comes at you and you swim, but you aren't going anywhere. Like a treadmill, I guess. I could have saved myself the time it took to type that and just wrote treadmill, but well. As for your question, why do I blog? Well I love writing for public consumption, apparently I need to tell everyone details about my life. But I like the community/ commenting aspect of it. So I guess it's a) I like writing, b) I like people reading my writing, c) I like reading other people's blogs and connecting in that way.
I write every day, but I blog (sporadically) because it helps me sift through and sort out what I think about this chaotic timeline we're all experiencing; I appreciate the community of voices (at least in this platform) who are sane and not rabid for clicks and likes and trolls. And finally, this is a record of who I am for my family.
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