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The Enchanted Forest - that's what I call my new home on Sand Mountain, Alabama. I tagged it with the name as soon as we drove the U-Haul onto the property in late June, partly to trick my psyche into loving this new, very different locale that I wasn't sure I really wanted. I knew if I told myself often enough that this place was a treasure, I would eventually believe it. It worked. I love my small piece of the planet, and have accepted (almost) everything about it. I wish I'd started this journal the day we arrived - it's too labor-intensive to retrace all the steps that have brought me to this point, so I will begin here and let each day decide what is worthy of documenting. It's self-indulgent, and will surely vacsillate between celebratory and borderline-depressing - but that's what life is. And I find comfort in that cycle. So here goes . . .

Thursday, July 22, 2010

Bone-tired and lovin' it!

Today was one of those dream-come-true days . . . when I can stay home all day and do nothing (not that I didn't have plenty of other things to do, mind you!) but play in the Wish Garden all day! Oh, the joy!!!! A good day's work, if I may say so myself . . . giving a new home to a boatload of plants 'rescued' from the "distressed plants" cart at Lowe's! Love it! It may be late in the season for some of the annuals, but the perennials will (hopefully) reward me next year for my act of heroism - saving them from the landfill. At least in the Wish Garden, if they are not happy and don't thrive they will give new life to others through the compost bin! So here's a glimpse of some of today's accomplishments, and some that have been in place but not yet revealed. (Beginnings of a flagstone wall . . . lots of plants in the ground, but many more still waiting . . . relocating some of my twig garden fences. . . Oh, what a wonderful day!)





Tools put away - check

Shower - check

Dinner ordered (take out once a week is acceptable - right?) - check

Hammock-time - Can't wait!!!
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