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These posts are my musings and cover many topics.  Some posts will be observations that I have made over my lifetime...some will be what I call, truisms.  Truisms that I have developed from having to deal with the tough situations life sometimes deals us.  I developed these little philosophies to help me avoid a situation in the future or  to allow me to have a better outcome the next time around.  All observations, truisms , and whatever other post this blog contains are  based on my own personal experiences and  opinions.  Hopefully, some post will be of some help to someone in a situation or  give someone another perspective...another way of looking/thinking about a situation that is helpful.  I love writing these posts and I appreciate you  reading them :-)

Please be aware there is a NEW  feature added to  some of the Musings.....AUDIO....There will be an audio bar on those Musings that offer this option.....You may not feel like reading at that moment....now you may listen:-)

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"All our words are but crumbs that fall down from the feast of the mind."- Gibran

Good Bye....Thank You....I Will Miss You All........

10/4/2013

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Yesterday was a bit of a sad day but, yet, a grateful one.  It was time to start putting my garden containers and plants to bed until next year.  I do 90% of my growing in containers of all sizes.  Even my precious fig tree and it's little offspring are in containers.  It was actually my fig tree that caused the contemplative mood.....as I pulled the netting off it...netting to keep the birds and squirrels off its fruit......I noticed the leaves were starting to yellow from the last few cold nights. The fruit had been gone for about a week ..so, I  was just starting to get it ready for winter.   I was so surprised when I saw a little fig...about half size...way towards the center of the tree....it was ripe which was a miracle with our weather....my last little gift from this wonderful tree.  It is on a movers dolly and I pull it in and out of my garage every nite in the spring...it is really babied...and this year I propagated a new one from it :-)  

As I continued to pull up and remove the vegetable debris from the other containers,  I was both sad and grateful at the same time.  In the Spring, I can actually "feel" the energy these plants have and now as  the season comes to an end, I could feel the let down...the lack of energy in them.  I was grateful for all they have given me which I gladly shared with all my friends:-)

Growing things and especially propagating them is such a hopeful and joyful thing to do .  Conifers of all types are my  main interest...I have grown mugos from seed and arborvitae and, now, the fig  and several other species.  The biggest problem  is I can not give them away...I just can not  do it. So, I have had to cut down my efforts  recently :-)   ....Sometimes, I just think....what's another container to the sea of them I already have :-)

So, yesterday, I said  to my wonderful garden, ....Good bye.....Thank You !.....See you next year :-)

"I think this is what hooks one to gardening: it is the closest one can come to being present at creation." - Phyllis Theroux 

“My garden is my most beautiful masterpiece” 
― Claude Monet
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This is the Fig tree I mentioned above:-) Below is its offspring that I propagated this March.  They require a lot of care but are well worth it...

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This was one of most exciting projects...growing mugos from seed...these are the new mugos..not all seeds planted emerged...I learned this is how it is in nature also.....a lot of seeds drop but only a few make it ....they were very cute though:-)  I found this to be a joyful and hopeful thing to do.....I love propagating plants :-)

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These four are the result of the above planting...this will be their 3rd. winter .  I will put them in a container of soil in the garage and "watch" them all winter....do you notice that each one is so different?...different sized also...different size needles and "look"...the only way to get the "same" look of mugo is by cuttings or as I call it "cloning"....I did that a few years ago and only got one result...it is very very difficult...that is why nurseries use seeds and when you go buy a mugo ...you have to look thru several as they are all different :-)  ...Like these....and I ,think ,like people ....children from the same family are different...so are these mugos.....once they make it thru this winter, I think, their chances are really good....I care a lot about them and never tire of looking at or  fussing about them :-)

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Singende Vreugde
10/8/2013 04:02:54 am

You know, my first thought was "No! You can't be saying goodbye to blogging so soon!" What a relieve though to see it's "only" about your garden. :)

Lovely post. Interesting read for someone in the southern hemisphere who is right now experiencing the opposite- watching all the fruit trees in anticipation, seeing them blossoming, blooming, and slowly forming fruit...waiting for the first plum fresh from the tree... Spring and Fall are the most beautiful seasons to me...

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Mellow Cello link
10/9/2013 09:08:43 am

I loved your comment, EV...Thank you so much for taking the time to read and comment.....boy, I am so jealous about your pending spring:-) ....I need to go where you are in my Fall so I can have Spring all year round :-) But, I would have to take all these plants I just wrote about:-)....and , of course, the Cello:-)....Betsy, most of all !!

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Singende Vreugde link
10/11/2013 09:49:20 am

Oh, you are most welcome. In fact, I can even help you out with a cello and then we can play some glorious duets together. :) And I'm sure my furry kids would love to give Betsy some company too... :D


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    I am an adult female who is a cellist, composer, and a student of life experiences (by necessity).  I feel we are all students in life until the day we die.  I am, a realist and I try to stay grounded in what I feel is  the truth in any situation. I feel we have a responsibility to God, ourselves, and the people who love us to be the very best person we can be.

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