Three days ago I wrote a Marla’s Musings and it was pretty depressing. What can I say? I guess when things are weighing heavy on my mind I find putting it down on paper (electronically) helpful.
But life is a balance. The joys still pop up often, sometimes unexpectedly. And really, they can be the best kind!!
Other times I find it helpful to pause, and to look around at nature. I get great comfort from my garden. I love to watch flowers bud and open up. I love to see growth. I never give up on plants. Sometimes they can look pretty sad and I am sure others would pull them out and replace them. I can’t. In fact now that I have a greenhouse and a hidden area, I take my plants that need time to ‘get better’ there in hopes they find new life. Is that a metaphor? Don’t we all need to find a place to just be, and to have time to rejuvenate?
I think of plants and trees as living things. We humans are very dependent on the miracle of trees turning out clean oxygen for us. So, it saddens me when I see huge hundred year trees cut down. I live in a rural area where the paper mill in town is the biggest business, employing hundreds. For it to continue to run the mill owns/rents land in the county and cuts down acres of trees, loads them on to logging trucks which is then used to make pulp for paper. We had a forest across the road and it was cut down last year. Okay, we get more sunlight in and the early mornings have a visible sunrise now. That is nice. But I miss the trees.
Life is a balance.
Earth has amazing balance systems, Sometimes we humans screw them up. We put polluted smoke into the air, crud into rivers, cut down bird and animal habitats, and more.
So, I guess this post will now turn a little political. Sorry. But, the environment is one of the many reasons I am a Democrat. I believe there really is global warming happening. I believe we can slow down the destruction that we do to nature and work to keep it’s balance. Therefore I believe in the work of the EPA, and I support using tax money to keep America beautiful – and full of healthy nature parks, and green spaces, and unspoiled rivers and lakes. It’s worth it to me.
I live on a river. I sit on my screened porch just about every single day and look out on it. I watch birds fly over it, looking for fish for lunch – or at least some yummy gnats and mosquitos. A family of swallows have nested in the top of our boat lift roof. As summer moves along, I occasionally see fish jumping too. We have a marsh area and little fiddler crabs running around when the tide is low. Rarely I can see an alligator swim near, and also rarely a snake slithers. Thankfully rarely!! ha But – I am fortunate to have this view each day.
It keeps me balanced.
PS: If you need some balance in your life my screened porch has rocking chairs waiting for you. Come sit a spell as they say in the south! Come have a cool drink and enjoy the view.
Marla’s Musings 