{"id":12503,"date":"2024-10-22T07:44:35","date_gmt":"2024-10-22T11:44:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/?p=12503"},"modified":"2024-10-22T07:51:24","modified_gmt":"2024-10-22T11:51:24","slug":"the-evergreen-journal-timing-one-final-gardening-task","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/the-evergreen-journal-timing-one-final-gardening-task\/","title":{"rendered":"The Evergreen Journal – Timing – One Final Gardening Task"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Evergreen Journal<\/h3>\n

“Timing.\u00a0 One Final Gardening Task”<\/p>\n

Lynda McKinney Lambert<\/h3>\n

October 22, 2024<\/h3>\n

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My thoughts this morning are about timing.<\/h3>\n

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WHAT?<\/h3>\n

There is always a sense of timing that helps motivate me through jobs\u00a0 I’d rather put off for another day.<\/p>\n

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Today?<\/h3>\n

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By this time in the fall, I am TIRED of GARDENING.
\nNevertheless, there is ONE FINAL GARDENING TASK that I can’t ignore.<\/p>\n

The reality of TODAY is that tomorrow’s weather prediction is for COLDER DAYS ahead.<\/p>\n

OK, that is my MOTIVATION for today’s activities.<\/p>\n

WHY?<\/p>\n

I have lots of daffodil and tulip bulbs waiting to be planted. Looks like I better get it done today. This is a job that I always drag my feet and try to put off to another day. I don’t know why I do that!<\/p>\n

I ordered the bulbs from Holland in April. They arrived the beginning of October because that is the perfect planting time for the bulbs, here in Pennsylvania. The work I will do today to get them into the ground before winter, will be revealed next spring when they all begin blooming.<\/p>\n

HOW?<\/p>\n

Take the first step:<\/p>\n

Walk out to the gardening shed.<\/p>\n

Next,
\nPick up the shovel and put on the gardening gloves.
\nCarry the bags of bulbs, here and there, and begin digging the holes to plop in the bulbs. It’s that EASY.<\/p>\n

I’ll save some of the bulbs to take to Wurtemburg Cemetery to plant on Bob’s grave another day.<\/p>\n

Then, Winter can come and I can know during the frigid days, that beautiful\u00a0 spring flowers will arise and bring joy to all who happen to pass by on River Road, in my little village of Wurtemburg.<\/p>\n

That is a life lesson, isn’t it.
\nWe get an idea and a vision forms in our mind.
\nAt that point, we either follow through and begin the baby steps to move in the direction of our vision, or, we don’t.<\/p>\n

To motivate myself to go outside, pick up my shovel and bulbs, and begin the planting.<\/p>\n

I will\u00a0 HOLD ON to my vision of\u00a0 beautiful flowers in the Spring.<\/p>\n

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\u00a9<\/a>Lynda McKinney Lambert, 2024.<\/p>\n

October 22, 2024<\/p>\n

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