Monday, September 17, 2012

Good Morning!




This school year, the Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board deemed it necessary to kick my son off the bus. He didn`t do anything bad, they`re simply cutting down on the budget and many kids in the district have been told they are no longer eligible to ride to school. At first i thought this was awful, but i`ve discovered something since i`ve been walking him to and from school that has changed me.

I`ve discovered the joy of , `` Good morning.``

It`s wonderful, really. Our walk is not a terribly long one. It takes us 15 minutes to get to school and then i walk back home, another 15. On a typical morning i pass anywhere from three to ten people. Sometimes the good morning is initiated by the passers by, sometimes by myself. Either way, i find it refreshing and invigorating!

Some people will search out my eyes to make contact and call out to me, others, rushing by on their way to catch a bus or get to work keep their heads down but i counter that with an especially sing-songy, ``Goooood  MORRRNIIIING!!`` and a big cheesy grin and it reflects on their faces! I love it!  I love it when dog walkers say it to me. I love it when older gentlemen say it to me, sporting their straw hats and suspenders. I love it when teenagers try to act cool and avoid me but then smile as they walk away after i`ve sung it to them!

There`s no other time of day that a greeting or acknowledgement means so much. Afternoon ``Hi`s`and evening ``Hello`s`` just aren`t the same as a ``Good morning`` full of hope, promise and cheer. It`s the beginning of the day, after all. A fresh start, a clean slate.... why not make it good!

And why not, indeed!
Take the time tomorrow morning, and every morning to wish someone a good morning. It`ll make them feel good and it`ll make you feel good too!

Good morning, everyone!

Monday, September 10, 2012

Garden by the Numbers













  

         My garden has twenty-two different types of perennial flowers.

      It also has ten different herbs which i use almost daily.

These include four different types of mint and two different types of basil.









 We have two large maple trees on the front lawn, one Red maple and one Norway maple. There's also one Cedar tree.












 



There are five different shrubs, some small and just starting and some that have been here for years.









  One bee, in the center of the Cosmos.





 We had a vegetable garden for three years but the soil became depleted and we decided to convert the area into a play area for the kiddies to play in.