Tune in tune out

I was drenched the whole night through. Just Horrible... But I woke up with two fantastic hymns in my head and started to sing them out really loud like when I was at NBBI or signing next to Mom and Dad in church growing up. We still do whenever we get a chance. I love that I know so many of them. What a gift to out of the blue have a song that expresses Glory to God. I especially get them as soon as we travel down the river on our way to the Island. The city life is so busy that I don't think to hum random notes which always lead me to a hymn. Well, I do now... A month ago my life was brought to a head. The online group of lovely girls I was excitively involved with had a melt down and split then I was rear ended at a stop light. At first I did not feel it too much other then stiffness and headaches which I never get. But life could not go on as was customary. I had to make room for filling out papers and making calls to insurance companies. A big inconvenience but a great opportunity to activate some sort of change. So I went about finding purpose in it. I stopped trying to get online through any means possible and listening to the radio while driving. (I used to blast hard core heavy music not that that is something wrong.) The ongoing physical therapy, especially the 10 minutes of quiet where I lay in the dark with electric stimuli and a heat pad on my back has been wonderful. In the quiet, thoughts of the day hang within the lulls of my heart. It's like I have a life PVR.

Nature is a good pruner

When we got to the island with the airboat there was still snow and many big branches strewn across the ground. Mr. Love raised the cottage and fished while I trecked around the island with a shovel and a bucket, transplanting little pine trees that would otherwise die as soon as the water levels came up. I also got to prep my beds and add Potassium to my surprisingly Alcalin soil. With all the pine trees, I was sure I was dealing with an acidic ph. But hey that is good. Also, I finally believe I have a good idea where all my plants are going to go... for that I'm gonna need a lot more earth. ;)

Tipititop the Peregrins are back and so are the Squirrels and Chipmunk.  I feel more adventurous now that my back is getting better. Of course some movements are straining but it's nice to tie in my renewed sense of activity with physical therapy. This way I can be set straight and fluid ready to start working out again... and hopefully get to do the long awaited pile of laundry.

The Cucs and Sun Flowers seedlings are getting big already. We won't go back until 2 weekends. I hope I don't lose any on the trip up. I'll just have to put together the cold frame and hope they don't get too big.

I miss my little black car. Implementing a workflow software at the office is exciting. Now that I received my Vitamix, I'm putting together recipes for next week's juicing and pure cleanse.

Free as a bird

That is how I felt after experimenting Craniosacral therapy. I went in feeling extremely stiff and sore and came out light with a bounce in my step. Of course I still get tired and my neck and mid back is stiff but that is what the physical therapy is for. I must say that the laundry is pilling though. I took a crack at it on monday and found it extremely tiring to pick the wet clothes out of the washer and throw then into the dryer.... So I obviously crashed (went to bed) early. 


My tiny seedlings are already emerging out of their earth pods. I love this time of year even though it sure does not feel like spring... snow was blowing sideways on sunday. I'm on the look out for a light system for my lovelies.  I highly doubt they are getting enough daylight as is. Surprisingly it's not something you can just go out and buy at the Canadian Tire. 


The Herb Essencer I ordered is being shipped and my test pictures will be ready for pick up this week. 

Lemonade anyone?

Well I'm not one to complain but getting rear ended 2 weeks ago has taken a toll on me. I am seeing a Chiro and doing Physical therapy but what erks me is that I am faced with my vulnerability and humanness. Yep, I still think I am some sort of super hero that can take on anything. The worse is that I must stop working out and concentrate on rehabilitating my muscles. Being stiff and in pain is horrible.

I don't know why but I just seized up yesterday. Could be that I was not ready to work out, could be just what the Chiro says was gonna happen... That it was going to get worse before it got any better. The first week was relatively fine. I went to the office as usual but the afternoons got harder and harder.  I worked out twice and still felt fine.  This week I noticed that I have lost my sense of space... I bump into things and have closed both the car and fridge door on my face.

It's obvious that I am not ready to return to my regular life.  So I'm gonna make the best of it and do the Physical Therapy exercises that were given me to do and cut my work day in half. This week I set up a maid service to come clean weekly which will help.  I can't even pour my own bath. I guess this is what the insurance meant when they asked me if I have been able to resume my tasks.

In the mean time the seeds I planted are germinating, my garden earth is being tested, the weather is warming up and 4 pictures from my last photo shoot test are being printed.

Not sure if it's because the heat induced aromas of spring has yet to awake in me that innate longing  for wet growth but I'm reluctant to turn my carpeted living room into a green house again. So that is why I won't have the same amount of shelves as I did last year. At least that is the goal. I know, as soon as it get's warm I'm gonna start seeding just like every year. I just hope the 3.5hr trip to the garden will be good to my babies. Yes it's been a long and enjoyable winter filled with a little action, some hard work and a lot of key fun times as a family. Our Cottage renovations are coming along great. It will soon be time for me to gather rocks to enlarge my rock beds, set up the automatic irrigation and build trellises and fences of sorts. I'd like to finally figure out ways to prop up my plants against the winds. So far I've been waiting for my love to build me structures but I might have to figure things out relatively by myself again this year.

View from the Cottage