It feels like May, today I asked why acacia tree didn't leaf out yet!?
Probably cause its early, too early, and almost everything is awakening, everyone are crawling out. We are strolling trough all the places about which we have future plans.
At some moments I'm still questioning myself am I doing a right thing!? Like this whole homestead story, planting a garden, a slower life...different way of something I lived till recently, each time I was on the streets - rush, fast heart beats, annoying, suffocating air, traffic speed everywhere and always.
How would you describe living silence?
Car sirens, I don't really miss that morning routine. People who live in big cities are the first to experience burnout. The noise of dozens of sirens screaming alternately does know to shake up anxiety in you. I barely hear them now, somehow I still expect it to suddenly burst from somewhere.
It's mental relief, even tho I still have moments of rushing myself without any need. One way to describe living silence in my case. Noise I was listening while framing all of these photos was created by various species of birds, if you put just a bit more of attention into listening it, you will hear how they communicate, talk with each other. Different chirp, intonation.
I manage to capture small movements around me, I watched as many plants sprouted. Early spring days. I peek into the blooming grass before the trimmer has cut it yet, not fan of the noise it's making. Staring at the blossomed dead nettle, partly cause sun rays are warming my back up, partly cause I never gave this plant more attention. Velvet sophisticated purple juicy petals, unlike basic nettle - calls for cuddles.
I'm having more time for learning and exploring.
Often waves of inspiration hits me, it would be too much to say that I can feel freedom, but maybe an apparent one. It's easier to handle anger.
Go dig something for half an hour and you are coming back like a new, for sure calmer for further problem solving.
More time to think and less chances for jumping to conclusions.
I feel the need to establish healthier routines [will be written about in future posts.] and all that reminds me of what you wish for, maybe it will come true, or as it's called now days - manifestation. This is what I really longed for there, mental peace, living silence.
You hear it once, and there is no desire to get back into madness. We're taking micro steps, along the way I'm learning that can't get everything right away, and it's not even interesting, instant is so passé.
Uncertainty, will it bear fruit?
If yes, we will enjoy it.
If not, we'll try again next year, without big disappointment.
I don't see this apricot giving up, even although this is the third year in a row without many fruits, and sometimes none.
Be careful what you wish for - second part, I remembered their mild smell recently. Found them sunbathing on the canal slopes. Picked just one, as kid I knew to pick bunch of them, make a bouquet and that was moms eight march gift. It's been ages...
Around noon, the smell of the first blooming plums fills the air. Withered landscapes are slowly coming back to life, and I have the honor to observe all this, quietly. I'm bursting the bubble of my comfort zone, which is packed in bubble within a bubble within a bubble. Every time it's calmer, more self-confident, without regrets. I'm drawing the future kitchen in my head, every time I enter the room that now serves us to germinate seeds. When I look at the interior, count all the repairs, it seems so far away. But the idea is felt under the fingers, it already has a smell and a texture. A combination of brick, walled, with a cherry wood island and a marble work surface that I already have.
This type of pear is not abundant in fruiting, but its fruits are sweet while still in the ripening stage. Fruits, that's another one of my wishes, a thick shade that I can use to swing around while it's protecting me from the burning summer temperatures. Picking rewards in autumn, when season of working outside is approaching to an end.
Seasonal life, seasonal food, seasonal dressing up, balance.
Every morning at 7:30, a peaceful awakening with living silence.
Thanks for this silent Sunday morning read I had
!LUV
Good morning :)
Hope you enjoyed, it's appreciated (:
Some cracking photos here, dear human <3
Very creative. Abstract and arty to the max. Like you :D
Happy weekend and well done!
Beautiful to go through on an easy Sunday.
!LUV
Oh, thank you!
It's not me, mama nature did it's job, I'm just bragging around with the vibes. (:
Happy weekend, hope youbare having a desired one! 🤗
Funny you!
Spring suits you then. You are in a good mood.
Enjoy <3
!LUV
Sure, I'm spring kiddo. Moody weather and rainy autumn aren't my cup of tea. (:
!ALIVE
Okie dokie... wanna move to the tropics and open a juice bar on a beach with me?
Dancing is mandatory.
Only if mountains are somewhere on sight!
I do know some steps, from left to the right.😅
(alive not so alive, lol)
We are alive :D That's all that matters really
!LUV
Must be mountains! And a lake to swim in - mornings and sunset 👍
Minimum of six Huskies (or wolves); fireplace; satellite (of course) and wall to wall bookshelves (full of books). And a washing machine. (handwashing sucks)
A good oven (or of course!) and a nice porch for star gazing.
No need to know any steps. We make 'em up as we go along
That sounds like you have made the right decision!:)
...this is for sure missing in any city or away from soil and gardens!!
Cutting or splitting wood does the job too:)
There is still a litlle worm digging around my head, trying to make me sceptic from time to time.
Realisation looks just so faaaaaar, no giving up on menu - that's for sure!
Cutting isn't my thing, splitting I can handle. :D
City is a city, can't offer me what I have here right now, nor what I need.
Basically I lived it to the fullest and now it's time for settling down. :D Or I'm just getting old... 🤔
But then even after any choices good or bad ones there are times where you question them...
I imagine there is tons to do, and it is always more than you thought (in my life at least)... but the rewards are just the best, I find, and makes it all worth it.:)
Lol thats how it goes in my head too!
Not running away from process, good things however always takes time. ;)
🌳🍅🌻
It sounds like a beautiful time and one that I want to get myself into. My wife wants to stay a little closer to cities but I want to live in the damn countryside. My next neighbor is an acre away type of thing. It’s a lot of work but it’s good to reconnect with nature and the way the land is supposed to be managed.
Compromise, find a village nearby city, win-win option. :D
Uh, that's ours dream to, living without anyone on sight, surrounded with our own wood, food and pure nature.
Even tho we are working all day long, fatigue is not the same as it was in the crowded city, pure mental peace!