Storytime

My writing group has a different member hosting each month, which is a great way of running a group. There is variety, different perspectives etc. I was the host for our January meeting. January and November/ December meetings are different to our usual monthly meetings. The end of year one is a celebration of all that has been achieved. We look back on the year, reminisce over goals met and unmet, celebrate the successes and the near misses. Our January meeting is the one where we try to focus on what we would like to achieve for the upcoming year. Some members already have their goals planned and waiting to be achieved. Others, like myself, have no bloody idea...   The year is a blank page and I have to think on what I would like to do for the year. What I want to work on, continue with, experiment with etc... Often in January we do a goal setting exercise or three. This year I wanted to begin the year on a positive and (hopefully) beneficial vibe. I wanted us...

Most of you know I do like my garden...in fact I like anyone's garden. So when I venture off to ooh and aahh over other's works of greenery art, I happily snap away. Only to return home with a lot of photos and a desire to change, add or construct in my own plot. It has taken me a long time to finally realise that although I admire, love and covet what others have and how they garden...it's not always for me. I go and admire something like this. My potting area is a shambles and our deck looks like this... With a few more pots... actually a lot more pots on it. I fell in LOVE with this dragon...how awesome! and I have this.. Actually I do have another dragon who is AWESOME...and a dragon pot!    yet so different. I fell in love with the creative way this gardener set out their planting... Mine are in an assorted tumble of pots on the deck. Now it has taken a long time for me to understand that while I totally admire and love ...