Sorry for the long silence, readers! I've been a tad distracted. All the loooong HOT days have the garden looking rather wild and unkempt, so it's been less photo ready than usual. But, we've got a "grown up day at the garden" tomorrow, during which we hope to knock out a bunch of weeding, clearing, etc etc and get things in tip top shape for the fall garden. There will most definitely be pictures, so stay tuned.
In other news:
* I am doing this intensive leadership training program that is requiring me to make a 5-year "personal leadership plan" for myself. I've only just begun to work on it, but already it's got me in super high-gear scheming mode, making up fabulous projects for myself, many of them having to do with gardening! My brain is regularly flipping over inside my head. It is awesome. I am also having a good time asking other people if and how they plan for their futures, and what their priorities are. When your friends are as exceptional and interesting as mine are, you hear a lot of amazing stuff. I think that structured thinking about goals and the future comes much more naturally to some than to others, ahem, like me, who intended to be working on that plan right now. Oops! In general, I tend to just sorta wait for inspiration to strike, and then ride the wave as far as it will take me. While inspiration (and the flexibility and sense of adventure required to follow it) are important to me, I also think I may occasionally be jipping myself because I don't always have a longer-range plan, or a clear sense of the bigger picture of what direction I want to be moving in. Making this plan is very good for me, and very well timed!
* I am going on vacation to CA for the next two weeks to be part of Superzygote's wedding! Aside from the actual wedding-related activites, I have no plan for the two weeks I will spend there.....I may just wander aimlessly in San Francisco for days on end, eating King of Thai and burritos, walking along Ocean Beach, slurping pearl tea, taking pictures and flipping my brain over in my head some more. :::shrug::: I reckon it's time to call around and make some plans with some people. :)
* The quest for the perfect song to sing in the ceremony was arduous but fun (asking friends about their favorite love songs has led me to hear a lot of fabulous music over the past couple months!), and led me eventually to choose Lodestar by Sarah Harmer. It has a beautiful, kind of maritime feel....in the pace and melody of the song, you can hear a boat rocking, the gentle splash of the water, the twinkle of the stars, the peaceful darkness....and then it builds a little towards the end to express just how beautiful it all is, and how beautifully like the intense, kind of elemental connection the person singing feels to the other person on this little boat ride o' love with her, tee hee. I hope it goes over well. :)
That's all for now! Thanks for reading!
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They are going to love the song!
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