A New Yard

  I have a new yard ~ a new front yard and a new back yard. We just moved here on December 10th of 2016 and now it is March 7, 2017. My back yard is in a state right now ~ filled with garbage, nails, dry wall, old cabinets, glass ~ it is horrible ~ and the back yard doesn't care. Any place it can it is stirring with life. Little birds and squirrels are playing and happy out there all day. The trees have weathered the wind storms, feet of snow, ice and everything winter has brought about and are anticipating leaves bursting forth. There are Snow drops, Crocuses, Daffodils, Iris', Tulips and other things coming up...and none of this is my doing. I didn't plant a thing in this yard.
   I feel like everything about this house and this yard is a personal gift to me. That might sound ridiculous, but the people who built this house they lived here as long as they could, the planted every single thing on the property with love and gladness and now this is a gift I have been given.
   When I was growing up I lived on a farm and there was a little spring garden down by the creek someone had planted. I spent hours just sitting there loving the beauty of the flowers and gurgle of the creek and I felt the blessing of that gift. I feel like that again. When I walk outside and see all that is coming it fills me with something I can't explain. I wish I could express to Thelma and Manfred how much their house has been a healing place for me in the midst of many things. They filled not just their yard but their home with so many touches that I feel like are personally for me! They welcomed birds, squirrels and any little creatures and made their yard a haven for them and now for me.
  So thank you dear ones. Thank you for all your work, for your creativity, thank you for gifting us all of this, for gifting it to me. I hope I can take care of it well and that some day if we move we can pass on this gift to some other dear soul.
xo