THE FOREST GREENPoetry and stories2008-05-13T06:31:01ZUser 324http://www.newciv.org/nl/newslog.php/_v324/OrgSpace NewsLog(c) Marissa A SpencerPandora RadioIt is awesome!http://www.newciv.org/nl/newslog.php/_v324/__show_article/_a000324-000369.htm2008-05-13T06:31:01Z2008-05-13T06:31:01ZSifting through the pastcall me a closet archaeologist... Though seriously my bedroom has been neglected for a very long time. I had gone to work when my husband lost his job and was on *disability for almost five years. *mental disorder
I had subsequently become ill and ended up quitting when he had been back to work for a year or so. I am finally getting to cleaning my horribly messy room. I had a house in such disarray that it has taken a few years of work to get it back to functioning order. While I was working my sleep apnea pretty much sapped me of energy.
That is the past! My drawing table is now in the family room and I am going to paint a book case to put in my room where the drawing table was. I have mondo books... alas they are my weakness lol .
The other bookcases are full!
So through the grime and tons of recycling...I can once again see the possibilities.
I am hoping to devote part of every day to the creative arts I have neglected to do for quite some time. Writing, music, art, sewing...and of course my garden.
All work and no play makes ... well.. you know...
ps....you wouldn't believe the interesting items from the past I am finding!
Like Christmas...only dustier.]]>http://www.newciv.org/nl/newslog.php/_v324/__show_article/_a000324-000368.htm2008-05-08T05:23:20Z2008-05-08T05:24:51ZNot doing much...noteworthy anyway.. As the weather warms and the garden burgeons, I think that I might get out the camera and ask my garden spirit for another pic.
It is there, spritely growing on the front lawn. It sat there for a bit and I felt it looked a bit lonely. I considered another tree for the front. The cherry is on semi dwarf rootstock, so I felt safe in getting another fruit tree that could be managed on the same plot of ground.
I was at a locally owned nursery with my son Andrew (recovering nicely from his illness) and considered the bare root fruit trees in the offing there. We perused them. Discussed the pros and cons of various trees. We thought of a nectarine, but I didn't want to have to dormant spray it in the middle of winter. (call me lazy lol)We also considered a peach.. nix on same reason. We saw plumcots, a possible, but wow...you should have seen the price!
We then saw the apricots. They had a variety that was tolerant of wet lawns, had a low chill requirement and did well in our valley. A lovely Blenheim apricot. On a side note, my ancestral home is Blenheim castle in England. We planted it in the right spot and we were very pleased.
It wasn't until I was admiring the two trees when I suddenly realized. I had planted a cherry and an apricot on my front lawn. Yes, the obvious. The point was, my mother had planted the same on the lawn of the house I grew up in.
Hmmm....and I didn't consciously do it.
Maybe there is a message in that. ]]>http://www.newciv.org/nl/newslog.php/_v324/__show_article/_a000324-000365.htm2008-04-08T05:04:40Z2008-04-08T05:04:40ZUlcerative Colitis20 year old son just diagnosed.. many years suffering Runs in families... and no not from my side. ]]>http://www.newciv.org/nl/newslog.php/_v324/__show_article/_a000324-000364.htm2008-03-13T01:49:15Z2008-03-13T01:49:15ZOpening my blog to the public...I was advised by Anthony North (who has a blog too) to open up my blog to comments from the public. ;-)]]>http://www.newciv.org/nl/newslog.php/_v324/__show_article/_a000324-000363.htm2008-03-05T19:09:56Z2008-03-05T19:09:56ZGreen man in my gardenthis is a post i put in daily grail... and forgot to put here on June 2007 I have a wild raccoon that thinks it is a cat. I have cat that thinks the raccoon is a cat too. There seems to be an unspoken agreement anyway lol.
I am an artist...soooooooo.. this image of the greenman keeps popping up in my head. I was thinking of pastel or watercolor...
I really don't know much about the greenman. I know that his image is seen in many places.. including Rosslyn Chapel.
perhaps I shall investigate this topic...still.. I can render him on paper nonetheless.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Man
http://www.mythinglinks.org/ct~greenmen....
my daughter is going to take some ceramics in college.. I suggested a Green man for my garden...
hmmm...some say he is part cat...
we were talking about cats..lol]]>http://www.newciv.org/nl/newslog.php/_v324/__show_article/_a000324-000362.htm2008-02-26T06:16:23Z2008-02-26T06:16:23ZWent to Holistic Fairand met this gentleman.. Alpha Lo, a physicist. He did some energy body work on me. Was great. He also spoke of his book and the one his father wrote. His website is
The Biophysics Basis for Acupuncture and Health (Paperback)
by Shui Yin Lo
He is a pretty sharp guy and it was rewarding to see science and holistic healing finally sitting down together to consider possibilities. ]]>http://www.newciv.org/nl/newslog.php/_v324/__show_article/_a000324-000361.htm2008-02-25T05:21:57Z2008-02-25T05:21:57ZPerfectIt could be...It Would Be Perfect by Marissa A Spencer
It would be perfect if you were here Me with my knitting, the cats sleeping All of us curled up and warm The feeling of time stopped
It would be perfect if you were here My knitting would be at rest And we would just be in quietness Brief moments of intense peace
It would be perfect if you were here No feelings of loneliness or sorrow Just a fuzzy contentment Like laying on the sunny beach
It could be perfect if you were here We could be like a garden Growing in green harmony Suspended between earth and sky