gardening contentment
2009-Apr-04, Saturday 04:33 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mellowtiggerEven though it was still below freezing this morning (snow forecast for tomorrow), and it's been overcast all afternoon, still...
Blueberry lager and a shovel, that's definitely my calling. I just spent several hours outside digging in the dirt while sipping two beers. Good stuff. I transplanted several things, planted seeds for others, and raised by a few inches the logs that I park my car on (they had sunk down a lot this last year).
I don't think this is happiness, but I'm pretty sure that it is contentment. I have too much of a buzz (after only 2 beers) to drive out for a Papa Murphy's pizza, but I'm feeling pretty good about life at the moment. I wish I had an acre or two to plant!
It's still too soon to plant the seeds that I've sprouted indoors. Weather.com says that next Wednesday night is the last night with an average low of freezing temperature. Thursday morning I may be outside doing some more digging. :)
Why does this activity produce such good feelings? Mother Nature developed us to do things that are very different from "the daily grind".
Blueberry lager and a shovel, that's definitely my calling. I just spent several hours outside digging in the dirt while sipping two beers. Good stuff. I transplanted several things, planted seeds for others, and raised by a few inches the logs that I park my car on (they had sunk down a lot this last year).
I don't think this is happiness, but I'm pretty sure that it is contentment. I have too much of a buzz (after only 2 beers) to drive out for a Papa Murphy's pizza, but I'm feeling pretty good about life at the moment. I wish I had an acre or two to plant!
It's still too soon to plant the seeds that I've sprouted indoors. Weather.com says that next Wednesday night is the last night with an average low of freezing temperature. Thursday morning I may be outside doing some more digging. :)
Why does this activity produce such good feelings? Mother Nature developed us to do things that are very different from "the daily grind".
Re: Contentment
Date: 2009-Apr-05, Sunday 12:05 pm (UTC)