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gardeners never die ~ they simply spade away

25 Sunday Mar 2012

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Do you remember when your fingers first touched soil?

Perhaps your mother found you in the yard, covered in the stuff and quickly swept you off into the kitchen sink or bath tub for a scrub.

Remember those rough passes of the washcloth?

Perhaps you were left to explore, to taste, to roll, to laugh—an early imprint that would last a lifetime.

I was one of those children, who straddled a horse before I could walk; who was left in the garden to explore; who while running encountered a roofing nail in my foot; who inhaled a bee while running to see Papa George across the apple orchard — these memories imprinted before the age of seven.

I am now sixty-three.

Yet I still dig in the soil. Despite the aches and pains of pulled muscles, the cursing when bitten by dastardly insects, the relentless competition of weed populations, I continue to toil.

Could hardly wait to return to my hometown roots and establish my patch of ground —even while living in a tiny condo in a huge city, I claimed and cultivated the small area outside my door.

Another spring, another chore, another season to orchestrate. The miracle of cultivation never fails to call, inspire, reward, and sustain. I surmise that toiling in the soil grounds and otherwise nudges me to become more resilient.

This day I hear my mother’s voice of long ago—you can take the girl out of the country, yet you can never take the country out of the girl.

Now where is my spade?

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when spring awakes…

16 Friday Mar 2012

Posted by home, garden, life in environment, garden, garden meditation, home, home ownership, life, Lifestyle, Poetry, renewal, season, spring, sustainable lifestyle, Virginia

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when spring awakes,

I am not ready.

my rested bones sigh

at chores ahead.

the gardens demand attention—

feed me, sow me, weed me, turn me.

when spring awakes,

my sleek hair takes on

another life—frizz.

I grumble as the

tidy hoses unfurl,

and brace as I haul

against their weight.

when spring awakes,

I wonder

shall I hoe, plant, harvest, outwit

insects?

or shall I give in to another.

Copyright © 2012 by Diane LaSauce All Rights Reserved

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the thing about past loves

09 Sunday Oct 2011

Posted by home, garden, life in blessings, life, Past Loves, renewal

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Albemarle County, blessings, horse, life, season, Virginia

This week found me back on a horse following a twenty-six year hiatus.

Recollections of my first Virginia home always include horses, dogs, cats, goats, ducks, chickens and the tasks associated with their care. This was not a farm, per se, as slaughter rarely occurred. These critters found their way to Saddle Pond Farm through my mother’s passion and her riding school on Long Island. Although I rarely saw my mother ride, she imprinted this love onto two of her children.

While an adolescent, I endured the horse shows, the fox-hunting, the equitation competitions, to arrive at my truest love—riding alone in the Southwest hills of Albemarle County. There endless beauty prevailed.

As young adult, horse ownership melted into the life of college student, then into the life of an artist, far removed from her roots. Only twice over the decades did I ride—once in Central Park, NYC and then again in the Grand Tetons, Wyoming.

At long last, those distant memories manifested into reality. This week at the invitation of a new friend, I was once again on the back of a pleasant quarter horse in the fields of northwest Albemarle.

One of the last things my mother said to me before she died was, “you can take the girl out of the country, but you can’t take the country out of the girl.”

Full circles are just that—they welcome, comfort, reaffirm, and empower.

Have you rediscovered a past love recently?

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the thing about May

08 Thursday Sep 2011

Posted by home, garden, life in color, garden, life, season, spring

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garden, season, spring

My world explodes with color! The drab of winter departed and in its wake lush green of lawn and trees; velvet burgundy of the barberry; pristine white of the bleeding heart, dogwood, viburnum, spirea, Lily-of -the-valley; bashful blue of  Virginia bluebells, Muscari; yolk-yellow of the narcissus; show-stopping orange of the oriental poppy; fragile lavender of the clematis vine—divine fragrances intoxicate me.

Once again, in awe of Mother Nature, I am grateful for abundant cool rains this spring, which tickle the garden’s delicate balance.

Days like these, when time indoors arouses yearning to be out amongst the wonder.

Forget the drudgery! Be out in the garden, as this display fades all too quickly!

Dream of peace and a semblance of sanity on our planet.

Copyright © 2011 by Diane LaSauce All Rights Reserved

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