Framed Garden (4389) May 2010

Beyond the window frame is a greener world, a space, a place, a view we've made.

Our garden is full of plants, each plant grown from a seed or a cutting given or found. We talked about it this morning.

Remembering the hard work in digging the rubble out when we first moved here in the early 90s. Separating the soil from the bricks, metal, and plastic. Digging back into the ground manure we bought and the soil we kept and then planting the trees, bushes and flowers we had brought with us. In many ways the work was enjoyable and fulfilling.

Gardening is doing something that feels worthwhile, sometimes it feels like hard work, sometimes like play, and you can sit back and rest as you watch and talk about the garden growing. Which is what we are doing now as we drink our morning coffee, watching the bee bounce across the different coloured flowers in this moment of peace and tranquility.

Flickr Comments

^Tom says:
This looks so similar to the previous picture. Are you playing with us? Or are you toying with the theme? Work turns to play, and recreation becomes creative.

Black Dust a.k.a. odonbd says:
Its about the balance between sides. A Yin-yang morning coffee table.

clifsnap says:
Part of the history behind the view can enhance your appreciation of it. We are programmed to get our hands dirty and feel good when we do it. For me it is therapy and enjoyment and a gaining of tacit knowledge.

tonyhall says:
Tom, it's the next frame along. I re-framed the scene looking through the frame of the window towards thoughts about the garden and a reminder of a conversation with Jude .. talking about play and work and rest and how gardening encompasses these ways of being.

tonyhall says:
Odon, yep, balance in all we do, it's hard to stay balanced.

tonyhall says:
Clif, remembering how the garden developed, how the window boxes grow, how they looked and how the look now leads to all sorts of conversations .. funny how 'therapy' becomes another word for 'play'.