Today is mine….
Been in the garden all day, it’s been wonderful weather finally after several rainy days.
While working in the garden came to think of an old song I (Mrs. Hult) loved many years ago but have forgotten about. Today it came to mind and the words came back to me as I worked in the garden. Just found the lyrics to the song online:
“When the sun came up this morning I took the time to watch it rise
And as its beauty struck the darkness from the sky
I thought how small and unimportant all my troubles seem to be
And how lucky another day belongs to me
And as the sleepy world around me woke up to greet the day
All its silent beauties seemed to say
So what my friend if all your dreams you haven’t realized
Just look around you you got a whole new day to try
Today is mine today is mine to do with what I will
Today is mine my own special cup to fill
To die a little that I might learn to live to take from life that I might learn to give
Today is mine
Like most men I cursed the present to avoid the peace of mind
And raise my thoughts beyond tomorrow and vision there more peace of mind
But as I view this day around me I can see the fool I’ve been
For today’s the only garden we can tend
Today is mine… “
Seems I’d forgotten there for a while what opportunities a new day brings….
And the treasures a garden brings, all this beauty gathered at one small place.

May 2006:

May 2007:
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Today we have planted our “Brag Bean” - never had one before and got the seeds from some of our familymembers. The seeds have been waiting all winter and about 1 month ago we planted them in a flowerpot and waited and waited and then they finally showed and grew bigger - now big enough to be planted in the garden. It must be named Brag Bean because of the size it will end up having, flowers will be red and orange and then BIG beans will appear. The bean we got last fall was about 30 centimeters (1 foot) long with 6 seeds in it. So now we’ll have to wait for it to grow really big - so that we hoppefully also have something to brag about!