The past 11 years, I have spent trying to regain balance. But this is the year that I put destruction into something positive. And that has been in rebuilding a garden, just as my parents started out when they first purchased this house more than 1/2 a century ago.
May 2012 - Blank canvas:
This year, as always in New York and the day starts with various media making mention of this anniversary, I heard someone mention - do you recall what your day was like on September 10, 2001? And then I thought about the President, and his struggle to move this country in a positive direction. So do I stay in the past? Or push myself forward to greet the day and the future?
I planted a garden and it grew... and grew. And I planned, and dug and planted some more. And the weeds grew as I planted and planned. But the flowers bloomed, and things began to take shape.
And then a pond asked to be placed...
and was slowly built...
Does it ever end? :)
I suppose it won't... especially since I am still building, constructing, putting things in order. And there's always next year for vegetables.
But if you build it, many come to visit...
the curious
the staid
the beautiful
the painted
and those who just want to get it on...
Today was a day of love for this country, and remembrance. At Point Lookout, Long Island, we sang the national anthem and the rockets red glare...
We call out the names of those lost and we weep.
But when you plant a garden, what you've lost, you find. That balance that's been misisng for over 10 years. And maybe that day on September 10, 2001 and September 11, 2012 can actually exist in harmony.
Peace.