Monday Morning

The house is needing a bit of tidying up after the weekend, but it will have to wait, there are chores to be done. Not much to tidy, but a few things left here and there. Evidence that Emery and I value our time together more than doing housework on Sundays. The sky this morning is strange, almost has a wrinkly appearance, pale gray, reminds me of a lambs fleece. Maybe rain is in the forecast, but I don't know. No desire to hear the weather report, but just let things unfold today. If it starts to rain, I will come inside and sew.

I have garden work today. Planting more grapes, some garlic, more onions, and then some pretty things like a new rose bush and more hollyhocks.
This past Saturday I got a lot planted. Beets, snow peas, onions, broccoli, cauliflower, bok choy, Brussel sprouts, and prepared the potatoes for planting, maybe I will get them in today.

I love this time of the year for us, getting the garden going, and preparing for baby goats. So much newness. The ash tree has tiny leaves on it, such a bright new kind of green. Daffodils are blooming.

There is a chill in the house this morning and I should get a fire going, just in case someone stops by for a visit. I am fine wearing a jacket in the house for a bit since I plan on being outside so much today, but its not very nice for anyone stopping by for a cup of tea, to have to use that very cup of tea as a hand warmer !

Today I woke longing for more simplicity, more of less. Give me more time for what I know has deep value. More time to memorize scriptures that I love. More time to hum sweet songs in the garden or while doing handiwork. More time to just pray for the ones I love and also for the very ones that push all the wrong buttons. More time to think about the words that slip off my lips so easily and then I wonder why on earth did I say that ! More time to contemplate my motives and the desires of my heart and measure them against the standards set before me. More time to live in the moment that I am in. More time to live deliberately.

Philippians 4:7-9 (New International Version)
7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
8 Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. 9 Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.