Eden

Pretty huh? My favorite. These are from my back yard. Ok, well, not exactly My backyard. The sit on the border to the neighbors benefit. But I love them just like they were my own. :)

I find myself "challenged" in the yard department. Only discovered through effort. And sweat. And...frustration. This year, I am determined to make my yard presentable. Not just the neat patches of dirt from years, bygone. There are tufts of remenants of a lush, green and envious of passerbys landscape. But dirt prevails. Lots of powdery, dry, vitamin and nutrient free...dirt. I am sick of the dirt. I am tired of lusting after my neighbors Lilacs, only to turn back around and see no fruit from my efforts. No pretty flowers blooming, where I had planted them the year before. No new grass sprouting up from my seeding. Just dirt.

I don't expect much in my life. I really am pretty simple. I always wanted a modest home to share with a loving husband. Afternoons spent on a covered swing, sipping sweet iced tea and enjoying the sweet scents of newly cut grass and freshly pruned flowers. I have the modest home. A little more modest than I thought, but mine just the same. That leaves two of the three. I think the yard is a bit more attainable than the husband part.

This weekend, while those with a nice yard already, are enjoying their long holiday, I will be preparing the way to make this giant ant hill something...better.