Blogosphere...

Obviously, I don't keep current with this blog. It's been about 16 months since my last post. I am still slaying bind weed and growing veggies. Also, laying waste to overgrown areas, some of which improve our view.

What's kept me otherwise occupied are challenges with my mother, and her illness, who totaled 2 cars in 10 days in January. Long story short, she in now in assisted living, tho thinks she will return home at any minute (where she thinks, sans license & insurance, she will obtain another vehicle to slaughter, mismanage her medications, burn utensils on the stove, and set small fires trying to keep the house warm...).

In assisted living, mom's social and emotional needs are being met, and she, therefore, is able to kinda thrive. She participates in multiple activities a day rather than being routine driven, via a 4000 pound Honda which she had no business driving... She's made friends, and looks forward to 'things to do, places to go, and people to meet.' I am working on chilling after getting her mainland house leased, and more recently working on untangling her Island home: 10 acres, 1 small house, 2 large barns, 2 open out buildings, and one shed that, among other things, houses the clothes dryer. It's a process.

So, all the above doesn't leave a lot of time for a landscape design/maintenance career. Recently I've discovered myself being able to not only work in my own garden, but work for clients too. I take this as a sign that things are leveling out. My husband and I were recently, after 2 mom driven postponements, able to take a camping trip for three nights. Another trip is planned next month... Only an emergency will keep us from embarking on this vacation.

Gardening has always been therapy. Since before I needed the therapy gardening provides I described it as,"My mind goes off while I work the garden, and then comes back to me with answers for what otherwise vexes me." While gardening does not answer all the issues, and challenges surrounding the situation with my mother, gardening soothes my soul, and that's the medicine I need right now.