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Back inside, I've tried to keep track of what happens out there... what I planted and how much, what I harvested and when. All the details that I hope will make my life easier next season. However, my notes were scratched hastily here and there with no real order. Until one afternoon, when sitting outside with my gals, I started to sketch the garden... ![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkurVYbIP4BuxCMDzofmzWOWBGhhG1XXze7PrkXdrdHYwJPLNn17AF9P22YlPzbhUPE6Hvt1AYjDBQLQGTeLqT_vMMTAxSPHwkH5nab1mXJA9GMgtPyurDIHQsM0CrVOB2WCM5x7cn_Q7M/s640/100_7312.jpg)
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... and an idea was born. I cut out my drawings and began pasting them into a journal I had been gifted and was saving for, well, I guess this exact purpose. I rummaged through my notes and began to make sense of them, adding them to the pages.
As I filled in the details of the plantings, the creativity of journaling caught hold and personal notes began to appear, including how I enjoyed my harvests, what I would do differently and what inspired me. As my hands moved across the pages, I felt myself fall under the same spell as when my hands dig in the dirt. The bliss of moving meditation, of timelessness... of pure joy in the moment.![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUN2WaLFj6xaMy4RdHVa1mJ0DEegMU61J0_Z7XjcXy6w-RZ6pCziZetZ-4kpDRsIzEaKFAy894WxPSMMFOXUvh14dunjNApU3PgZt3bE-uxaCaax8Mp4HzIV1hw4t2hQFL1ZW2XpjpcQtm/s640/100_7313.jpg)
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I still have a ways to go to finish journaling about my fall-winter garden... even though spring plantings are already thriving in indoor trays and going into the ground outside, ready to be chronicled too.
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7 comments:
Love your journal! Life is all about balance. I live in the midwest, with a home in Naples. I have snakes both places. Most of my gardening is in Ohio. Snakes have taken away my joy in the garden! Do you have snake problems?
Such a lovely journal! Inspired to make my own gardening journal--even if only for my beautiful parsley and my one bell pepper!! :)
so pretty and so inspiring!
Thank you, all!
Bonnie, I haven't had a problem with snakes. I have one black snake that has lived in my yard for years... it never bothers me though. Just likes to bask in the sun and eat the undesireables!
I really need to keep a journal, this year. I started gardening last year but didn't write anything down. Thanks for reminding me :-)
This is so beautiful Liz. What a great way to document what you have done in your garden, and your dreams for the future.
This is a beautiful journal! Great work!
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