2 posts from August 2009

I have a master's in it. Doing things instead of doing the other thing you're meant to be doing. Today I 'displaced' in the garden.

I went to put out some recycling and was waylaid once more by the holes in the leaves of my purple sprouting broccoli. Disappointing would be an understatement. I love butterflies - really I do. Aesthetically - they're delightful... but look what they did to my veggies!   However - while I was hauling them off to the compost pile - I noticed that some of my beetroot were ready for harvesting. Every cloud etc etc
It's really getting to be a nice place to be out there - losing its 'new house' look. This beautiful 'Green Man' sculpture was given to me by Dave (the table)... really makes the shed into a work of art.
And I found a very satisfying way to use the posh purple fishing net I harvested from a trip to Hartlepool's South Gare at Teeside. It does a grand job of making the council recycling bag look tasteful, don't you think?

Summer holiday. Three weeks in. Seems to take me longer to unwind these days. (Sorry. I can hear those of you whose holidays only come in fortnightly chunks wailing at me.)
Staying positive - it's around now that my sense of 'me-ness' kicks in. It's hard to explain, but teaching requires the me-ness of me to be, for a large part, to remain unacknowledged. And in the evenings - only enough energy to fall asleep on the sofa.
But now - mid-vacation - I feel energised. I want to eat art, consume books, visit everywhere, see everything!
Creatively - I have made a good start. Being part of edan is a great motivator - deadlines to work towards are most effective for me. Deep down  I suspect I am a sofa sloth.
I continue to collect 'stuff' from the local beaches but at last I have managed to 'use' this eclectic flotsam.