{"id":4893,"date":"2024-05-22T16:39:36","date_gmt":"2024-05-22T20:39:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tamara.tedzplace.ca\/?p=4893"},"modified":"2024-05-22T16:39:38","modified_gmt":"2024-05-22T20:39:38","slug":"still-here-in-garden-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tamara.tedzplace.ca\/?p=4893","title":{"rendered":"still here, in garden light&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Today begins, hot and<br>lovely<br>somehow we have rushed through spring<br>and catapulted ourselves, full force<br>into summer&#8217;s heat<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>which I do happen to love<br>immensely<br>but still\u2026<br>I am thinking how nice<br>it would be<br>to slow down a little<br>and just enjoy the unfolding-ness<br>of<br>spring<br>no need to rush to<br>glory<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\">this morning while I am sat to coffee<br>outside<br>beside me a thousand tiny beads of gold<br>held lovingly in almost invisible<br>strings of sticky, silken threads<br>bravely and stealthily<br>begin their move<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\">to sail<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\">tall stems of phlox, beside my chair<br>blowing over in the breeze<br>prove to be just the bridge needed<br>from table, to phlox, to book on my lap<br>as a few even travel up my arm<br>I marvel<br><br>Amazed<br><br>always when I see teeny tiny baby spiders<br>starting to launch, I think of<br>dear Charlotte<br>well prepared for beginnings as well<br>as an end<br>I can almost hear tiny voices<br>excited for adventure<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-green-cyan-color has-text-color\"><em>\u201cWe take to the breeze, we go as we please.\u201d\u00a0 ~ E.B. White, Charlotte\u2019s Web<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of late, I have neglected my post<br>I\u2019ve been a bit\u2026\u00a0 who wants to know,<br>who would really care,<br>why am I even thinking to share such<br>ordinary-ness<br>of days<br>and please believe me, this is not a cry for attention,<br>or plea for complimentary kindness<br>(I am not that kinda girl)<br>I\u2019ve just been stumbling through<br>days&#8230; you know, <br>feeling what even have I offered<br>of any significance<br>to the world<br>and why should anyone care, whether I have<br>written words<br>or<br>not<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(maybe this is further separation<br>from ego\u2026 )<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>anyway, I haven\u2019t made time<br>for writing<br>and I know if I fail to move any words<br>out<br>they do tend to<br>jumble up a bit, causing great discussion between<br>heart and brain<br>on how best to put things in order<br>again<br>even for just a little<br>unfettered<br>being-<br>ness<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>all of this, is also just to say<br>that the season has been wonderful<br>so far<br>and we have been<br>busy<br>making small improvements\/adjustments<br>in the gardens<br>so much to enjoy, as warm sunshine<br>deliciously scents<br>the skin<br>while periodically<br>encouraging<br>rest<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>the ponds are lavish<br>with tadpoles<br>and I am trying hard to convince the many,<br>many<br>chipmunks<br>to at least share portions<br>of the seed<br>with the birds,<br>much appreciated<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>lovely husband and I<br>continue all efforts to unlawn<br>and keep to as many native plantings<br>as we can<br><br>since beginning this, this morning, <br>grey clouds have floated over<br>but sunshine and blue skies seem to be<br>winning the day<br>the air quite humid<br><br>\u2018spose all I really wanted to say<br>is<br>I do hope you are well, dear friends<br>and May you find yourself a small sunny spot<br>in your day<br>to marvel at something<br>to appreciate something<br>and just<br>to say<br>thank you<br><br>for<br>something \u2665<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-green-cyan-color has-text-color\"><em>&#8220;What&#8217;s miraculous about a spider&#8217;s web?&#8221; said Mrs. Arable. &#8220;I don&#8217;t see why you say a web is a miracle-it&#8217;s just a web.&#8221;<br>&#8220;Ever try to spin one?&#8221; asked Dr. Dorian.\u201d\u00a0 ~ E.B. 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