It is going to rain for 4 days they say. I cannot be sad for the rain, but I hope it doesn't do damage to crops the way it destroys my flowers to have so much at once. Yet the thirsty ground and the trees will benefit greatly. I too may benefit, because I can't be outside so much. I would almost rather be out than in lately, and my house is beginning to show it. With clothes to wash and so much organizing still to do in my basement, I should be glad not to feel obligated to the gardens. This year I am wishing more than ever that we were able to plant a veggie garden. Because of the mildew here, anything in a container gets the mildew, and I hate to eat it. We have passed by the fields on the mountain and there are no tomatoes in the gardens there. Purhaps they are rotating the crops, but we can't find them open yet. I so want to have some green beans this year to can. May have to ride to NC to get the ones I like; no one grows them here.
Only a short time now til Jimmy retires. And he is so excited. And I am excited for him. We are looking forward to getting on a schedule that means being awake in the daytime hours. At least most of the time. I have a camera in my hand about half my waking hours these days. It is as if I take a picture, I will have a better memory of it than my mind will keep. I don't download the pictures nearly often enough, because it takes so long to go through them all. So I have gotten in the habit of going through them on the camera while I have a little idle time, and deleting the less than perfect ones. At least what I can tell is blurry or not as lovely as I supposed it would be on the tiny screen. But I am slowly learning what I like about an SLR camera as opposed to a point and shoot. Each day I try to learn something new. I spend a lot of time while Jimmy is sleeping learning how to use the GIMP program I downloaded. It gives me great joy to keep learning. But I have to make sure I spend enough time moving around as well. We have talked often of spending more time on our bikes once he retires. I hope that happens. We so need some better exercise.
Since it is raining, I have thought I might spend some time playing with watercolors and paints. Some things are so challenging when I use watercolors. For a very long time I couldn't paint a rose, then finally I could see it in my mind, and I could paint a rose. Photos help me so much. I have oodles of photos that I want to paint. But then I thought I might just open them on the computer and paint them from there. Finally, it occured to me, that there were ever so many other pictures of - mountains for instance - that I could find inspiration in online, that I downloaded several from around the world. So I have plenty to look at. No excuses, I need to tackle just doing it. Like every thing else lately, I learn from the experience of just doing it. And I am so blessed to be able to find something new to learn every day. I am so glad for the daily opportunity to be challenged and grow. And I love that God blesses each attempt, whether I am good at what I am doing or not.
Thank you Lord for the newness of each day, and the realization that if I don't know how to do something, I can still try to learn. Thank you for challenges, and opportunities. Thank you for time and tools. Thank you for rainy days to change my pace and direction. Thank you for a continued desire to grow and awareness that there is so much to life that continues to give me reasons to wake in the morning, with a childlike attitude of "I can't wait to get at it." What ever you place before me Lord today, I rejoice for the challenge to just do it. May someone today, who is lonely or afraid, discouraged or depressed, find the inner peace to enjoy a simple act of letting themselves know its OK to start from what they don't know and learn something new. May the simplicity of just challenging themselves be its own reward. In Jesus Name, AMEN
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