"if in doubt, garden"

Hi there!
I just had a very fun afternoon. must share the good ones , too!
all i did was gardening. you know i have a postage-stamp garden? well, i gave up on it. no one else in the household helps, well, the kids thankfully do some watering, but otherwise it turns into a jungle of weed. so, i suggested we hired the next door neighbours' handyman to do the weeding -can't keep up with weeding all the time-, and i did some fun work. (photos tomorrow morning, it's way past midnight here). i concentrated on container gardening. i had some dying plants here and there, squeezed in their original plastic pots. well, i emptied the simple clay i ones i LOVE, of some worn out bulbs, and tada! i now have plants for both home and shop.

the garden on a good day

basil and cactus

the vegetable plot :)

 on our short break, part work-part vacation, the best i can hope for, after camping :) i'm taking me with me a book to read as not much swimming is expected. it's called Feel Fab Forever: The Anti-Ageing Health and Beauty Bible, and it is written by the beautybible.com team of Josephine Fairley and Sarah Stacey. i love dirt, and this book has plenty of ideas for playing with what your mom told you not to. and that, in my case, included dirt. there is even a chapter called "if in doubt, garden".

There is nothing more therapeutic for me that spending time gardening. i love flowers and plants and tending to them, and i don't mind if they are a fuss to clean after; no, i don't have a maiden, but i make choices!