Tuesday, February 23, 2016

Just do it!

I've finally decided I'll never have time to make the perfect First Post, so I'm just starting anyway!

Welcome to my blog and my garden, I'm Laurin from Lewisville, Texas. I've never blogged before, but I've enjoyed reading other gardening blogs for years, and am ready to stop "lurking" and join the community!

Here are a few pics of our front yard. One of our 4 boys is pictured below. They love playing on the paths.
 When we moved in about 8 years ago, it was just a lawn, 2 small pecan trees, and the pittosporum foundation shrubs on the right. I wasn't interesting in gardening. I hired our landscaping friend to tidy up the front flowerbed, telling him I wanted no flowers, only monkey grass and a white crape myrtle. Well, he planted the crape myrtle, but at the insistence of his wife he also planted some yellow lantana and pink autumn sages. I noted how well they did with almost no care, and how they attracted butterflies. So I tried planting a few more things on my own, and the rest is history!
I now find gardening to be a great source of artistic expression (I've always been an artist), peace, good exercise, wonder at all the beautiful things God made & loves and how he makes them grow, and fun times outside in the fresh air with my boys and neighbors and animals. I look forward to sharing my gardening adventures here, hoping I'll consistently find the time.
Thanks for looking!

7 comments:

  1. One day, your before pictures will be fun to look back at. It is encouraging to look back even a year and see how kind a garden can be. (Came from Pam@Digging)

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    1. Thanks Diana! Yes I agree, looking back at photos I'm always surprised by how small my plants started out. Thanks for visiting!

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  2. Look at you! Three posts in one week. That is one more than I did all year. Looking forward to seeing how your garden changes through the seasons. Have you seen this blog before? http://www.wabi-sabihomeandgarden.com/ She quit posting a couple of years ago, but her style kind of reminds me of yours. She has an artistic side and likes to incorporate found objects in her garden. You may want to check out some of her posts.

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    1. Thanks Michael! Haaaa I doubt I will keep up this pace. Right now I have so many year's worth of gardening to talk about! Thank goodness for smart phones. As long as I can keep from ignoring my kids because of it, ugh.
      Thanks for the link to her blog, her style is great! I know I've seen pics of the front of her house before somewhere... I recognized Peter Pan. I like her writing style, blunt and funny.

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    2. Years', not year's, auto-correct. Sheesh. I probably type a lot of things wrong, but the apostrophe thing is a pet peeve.

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  3. Oh, how neat! I never really thought about how a garden is so much more than a garden. (Not that I've ever had a yard to work in!) I'm looking forward to viewing your blog. I'm already daydreaming about what the kids and I could do someday.

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    1. Thanks Sara! Yes, it's also helped me better understand a lot of Bible teachings & parables based on plants.
      I bet there are beautiful gardens where you guys live! I love the big Japanese style garden in Ft Worth. It's definitely not my personal style but it's very relaxing.
      Glad you're brainstorming ideas for the future!

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