Saturday, November 22, 2014

Where is Bow of Your Boat?

For decades I have known, and it has been true, I travel farthest in my garden.



A gift to thrive where you are planted.
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It wasn't always so, until I made it so.
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Beyond gift, an inner power.
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Occasionally, still travel to other continents.  Enjoy those from other continents finding me here, in my little garden.
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More, finding those with no garden compass and inviting them to lunch.  Lunch ministry.
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On Earth, my garden is the bow of my boat.
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Here is freedom, solace, joy, strength.
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“Sometimes the little times you don't think are anything while they're happening turn out to be what marks a whole period of your life.” 
― Andy Warhol

“I think having land and not ruining it is the most beautiful art that anybody could ever want.” 
― Andy Warhol

“As soon as you stop wanting something, you get it.” 
― Andy Warhol

“The mystery was gone but the amazement was just starting.” 
― Andy Warhol

Where is the bow of your boat?
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Garden & Be Well,    XO Tara
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I left for college at age 17, not returning home, living summers/holidays with my grandparents.  Above my bed a huge print of ballerinas.  Often, I would lay my head at the foot of the bed staring at the picture by moon light.  On the dresser a huge antique cut crystal vase filled with grandma's garden flowers, in the center, in front of the mirror, nothing else on the dresser.  Amazing to find the ballerinas still dancing.
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Pics via Castles Crowns and Cottages.
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NOTE to my gardening friends... look for changes to come. 
Knew before computers/cell phones, sitting in Atlanta traffic on way to a client, 'I must reach a larger audience with the same amount of effort.'   Soon after that epiphany I signed my CBS-TV, and, books contracts on the same day.
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Then I read an article in the NYTimes about something called 'blogging'.  Saved the article for a year before reading it.  Studied all the blogs they mentioned, hired a computer expert they quoted, and attended a blogging seminar.
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Blogging 2.0 has arrived, my knowledge is 1.0.  A believer in copying the best historic gardens across the globe it flows into every arena of life.  Watching Maria Killam grow her career/blog/life over the past 3 years made its impact.  Signed up  for a year's course with her blogging expert, Jon Morrow
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Changes will be slow, plodding is my adored method.  Pulling triggers here/there is spice in the mix.
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What do YOU want?
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Nothing is too small, too big, or too ego crushing to mention.
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Passion lies in sharing what has filled me to the depths of grace, joy & atonement, the best landscapes created over the last 2,000+ years.

Just so you know... 

 I  welcome your input.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

You are a romantic, one who cannot be helped. But then you get to help others and yourself to make any place romantic. Same here!

Dewena said...

You pack more meaning in a few lines than most of us do in pages. Coming here is both a rest and a challenge to think and live with more wakefulness.

The bow of my boat is the high hills that surround this little 1920 farmhouse. I go to the windows in each direction throughout the day and look up and know that I'm in my true home.

I've visited here often, never commenting because I don't have comments open on my blog, but this time just had to say that I love coming here and reading and wondering.