Saturday, March 16, 2019

Greenhouse Day 2 - Embracing Tidy

I randomly pick the word "embrace" as my lens for today and I am thrilled.  I am a glass half full girl - an optimist at heart. I hear EMBRACE and I think of embracing only good things. Embrace beauty, joy, music, naps, smiles.  All of those things will greet me at the greenhouse I know, so I am bouncy heading off.  
I park and bounce down the muddy path and notice the pattern of snow against the shade house that is now covered in white plastic.  It looks like a row of bell curves and I think to myself - is the snow embracing the shade house or is the shade house embracing the snow? Not sure, but it is very cute. It won't last much longer, a very warm sun is shining. I will embrace it while it lasts and watch it morph into mud - something much harder to embrace. 
I open the screechy door to the big house excitedly because I have one hour each morning to tidy before being given an assignment.  I love tidying and plan to embrace it with enthusiasm. A greenhouse, to be successful, has to be orderly. This one is spectacularly orderly - except for the supplies.  Planting and watering and up-potting are critical tasks to be ready to open and tidying gets lost.  I wrap my arms around the task like a sweet smelling baby. Gloves on! 
Bringing order from chaos is a passion of mine and  I reassure the skeptics with the words "I KNOW GARBAGE , And I know what is not garbage."  It is terrifying to most people to let someone else decide what  stuff of theirs stays and what goes.  I tell them all to embrace the freedom of tidy and the fact that I will do it.  Take deep breaths  I tell them.  I dig in. It is fabulous fun. 
An hour in I stop and tell boss man I am going to get my full bed pick up and I will be back. 
Now order reigns on plants and on supplies.  It is glorious.

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