Hitting Send

It’s a gorgeous Spring day. The Sun is shining, the birds are chirping, and hopefully they are further along in their nest building than I am. I once read “You didn’t pack in a day, so don’t expect to unpack in one either,” which is good advice. I threw everything together in a weekend and perhaps therein lies the problem. (grin) To make matters more interesting, everything that I had left in storage a couple of years ago, was taken out of storage and moved in amongst my other stuff into one jumble. It’s pretty cool finding stuff I had forgotten I owned!

I had said that if I’ve lived without it for a couple of years, how could it possibly be anything that I needed? I was wrong. One of the first boxes I came across revealed family photos. A beautiful, framed picture of my mom with her father. A picture of my great-grandmother on her 100th birthday, God/dess bless her. And, the one and only picture I have of my father. How did I ever live without these? In another box I found my baby booties from Mexico! Too cute! The irony is that if I had to salvage only a few things, these would be the ones I would hold dearest to me. That same article warned me not to worry about placing decorations right away, and, honestly, I haven’t any furniture upon which to place them.

My nesting is going way back to basics. Upon hearing of my needs, my mother immediately went out and purchased new sheets and towels for me! I know, she’s the best! I reminded her that I wasn’t sure of what I had, as of yet, but she wasn’t taking any chances. “What colour are your floors?” she asked from her cell, while pouring over potential towels for me. She purchased them and immediately got them in the mail to me. I soon had lovely peach towels with perfect complimentary coloured wash clothes and bathrug to make my bathroom look organized. And the sheets she found are divine! Soft, latte coloured decadence! Thank you, mom!

I have been wanting to create an herb garden for myself for a long time now. I asked mom what I would need. “Pots,” she told me. Get a couple of big pots and fill them with soil and then create an herb pot. Hmmm… Well, it was only a couple of days later that I found two, big, beautifully painted pots on my property which are not being used. YAY! Ask and you shall receive! “Perfect,” my mom declared when I told her of my discovery. She then began explaining which herbs could be placed with which without overgrowth issues. Knowing the ‘what’ I want to grow helped a great deal. Now I get to learn the ‘how’ because it has been awhile since I have done it.

I’m enjoying taking my time creating my nest. Slowly rediscovering my own possessions, and creating those I desire, is a fun adventure. My focus has not been so much upon what the current situation looks like, but upon the potential of my environment. With my energy on what I want my house to look and feel like, I can create it in a flowing and easy manner, just as I do my life. Many blessings to you, my reader. I hope that you too are creating things as you wish for them to be.