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Melinda VanRy

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Fruit of Brokenness
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For What

November 15, 2019

Tagged black and white, depression, kind of a poem, photo

I stare at the screen. I stare at nothing.

My head is full of leaden cotton. Heavy. Muffled.

I want to sleep.

I need to wake.

But for what?

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And this... Angelwing begonia. Dragon Wing Pink.

And this...
Angelwing begonia. Dragon Wing Pink.
#begonia
#smiling
#seekbeauty

My new begonias. Nonstop Rose Petticoat. My phone

My new begonias. Nonstop Rose Petticoat. My phone camera almost catches their color. It's been a long time since I had hanging baskets on my front porch. It's slow, but it's progress.

#begonia
#seekbeauty
#progress

Sweet-scented company this gorgeous morning #mock

Sweet-scented company this gorgeous morning

#mockorange
#peony #rose
#feelslikesummer
#lookforbeauty
#findyoursunshine

I haven't tried a vegetable garden in years. The l

I haven't tried a vegetable garden in years. The last attempt yielded one lonely cucumber after the woodchucks ate just about everything, and what the woodchucks didn't eat, the rabbits did, except for all the tomato plants that the deer topped. But Joel had some science experiments with seeds for biology, and we had some left over. I'll admit all the lima beans died... But we now have a small patch of corn and a smaller patch of spinach that survived being started in our pantry window.

I tidied up the black caps again this spring, and transplanted some of the red raspberries that were encroaching on my yard. I'll move more after these get established enough to bear fruit; so far so good! I'm waging battle with the morning glory in the currants and gooseberries, and there are a decent amount of blueberries developing on the plants I saved from all that had overgrown them two years ago. The wild strawberries I just encourage in areas where it makes sense to leave them.

Having fun. Manual labor in the dirt is grounding and good for mental health. And I enjoy visible results. Tasty, too. A few wild strawberries and baby spinach so far. Gooseberries are a little ahead of the currants; both add a nice tart touch to fruit salads. Blackcaps and red raspberries coming along well. Blueberries will follow. Corn... well, hoping as much as possible survives critters.
#amgardening
#dirttherapy
#spinach #corn
#blackcaps #raspberries
#currants #gooseberries
#blueberries #wildstrawberries

#sidewalkchalk #beingnora #beingjoel #beingme

#sidewalkchalk
#beingnora
#beingjoel
#beingme
#create
#creativityisgoodformentalhealth

Posting it a little late but, but good morning fro

Posting it a little late but, but good morning from #mybackyard

#favoritetimeofyear
#amwriting
#morningsunlight
#hosta #sunlightandshadow

Tiny flowers in the grass #lookforbeauty #veronic

Tiny flowers in the grass

#lookforbeauty
#veronica #speedwell
#sisyrinchium #blueeyedgrass
#mybackyard
#beautyofnature

#goldenrodcrabspider #lookforbeauty #spidersareco

#goldenrodcrabspider
#lookforbeauty
#spidersarecool
#beautyofnature
#notbychance
#misumenavatia
#mybackyard

First peony almost open. First strawberry almost r

First peony almost open. First strawberry almost ripe.

#peony
#wildstrawberry
#lookforbeauty
#beautyofnature
#natureisgoodformentalhealth
#favoritetimeofyear
#mybackyard

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