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Muffins and Mayhem, Recipes for a Happy (if disorderly) Life
Dear Reader,
Tea cups in a garden?
From my Email Bag:
"Suzanne, in your garden photos, I noticed a teacup and saucer in the garden next to a ceramic pig. There must be a story there! All those flowers make me long for warm weather."-- Marie Evans, in still snowy Buffalo
(Suzanne replies:)
One of my desires is to keep taking chances in life and creating excitement. It might seem like putting tea cups and saucers in my garden is a stretch--as far as taking chances--but when I allow myself to go against the "usual" in the little things, it gives me practice for the big things in life. Below is one of my favorite columns about the treasures in my garden. I hope you enjoy it.
There are dishes in my flower garden. Treasures I spied in a junk store. Sometimes they're marked "as is" but "as is" looks beautiful surrounded by multi-colored penta, orchids and impatiens. The teacups and saucers are my favorite. I slide the saucers down into the mulch, so it covers the bottom of the plate. I don't bother to try and keep them clean. It's natural that they wouldn't be. They live in the rugged outdoors.
It's a delicate balance trying to enjoy the flowers without making a mental "to-do" list. That corner of the flowerbed needs more mulch, it's rained the past three days so I should check for snails, and of course there's a constant supply of weeds. But I seem to notice the imperfections more than other folks do. There's a steady stream of joggers and walkers who pass by my house every day, and they're constantly thanking me for giving them such an inspirational view, weeds and all.
Life's imperfections are part of the beauty. The small weed growing in front of the saucer with gold trim, its leaves are feather-light, its trunk thin and wiry. Perfectly framed by the saucer, it's no longer a weed, but another "as-is" addition to my garden.
Thanks for reading with me. It's so good to read with friends.
Suzanne Beecher
Suzanne@DearReader.com
http://www.muffinsandmayhem.com/
P.S. If you'd like to see one of my flower gardens, and the china frogs that my neighbor "stole" temporarily, go to: http://www.emailbookclub.com:80/photo/garden-072709.html
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