The Designer Gardens

Although I used to be an elementary school teacher, I never did assign that most dreaded writing assignment of “what did you do over the summer.?) Too open ended for most kids anyway, but since I haven’t posted since the summer began (gasp), I thought I’d write to tell you I am back and to let you know what I have been up to.

End of May I hit the a wall. Or rather a new disorder, coined by me: “post traumatic stress client disorder” A quiet voice in my body told me it was time to go back to Maui and then after that rest for as much of the summer as I could. I was just so burnt out.

Of course I couldn’t blow off my clients for whom I had existing commitments, but I decided I needed to not take any new projects and to finally slow down and learn to no longer be a workaholic.

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Hi Cynthia,

Our back yard isnt all that big. Its a typical tract house on a cul-de-sac. A few years ago I decided to build seven 4 x 4raised beds to attempt growing vegetables. Our success was always modest. Great tasting produce, but not too much yield. Also, the plants never really seemed to thrive, if you know what I mean. All that changed after last spring, earlier this year. I took your summer vegetable gardening class, and from the first few minutes to the very end of the class, I was learning. I then took your tomato masters class a couple of weeks later with the same result. Read more…

It’s not architecture. It’s this wonderful art installation composed of an empty white room and a helium-filled ball adorned with 300 charcoal drawing sticks. Watching people interact with it is the really fun part. HT: Fast Company Design.

The kitchen floor needs washing,
But the thought gives me no joy,
So I do not think I’ll do it,
‘Cos I’d rather be on GOY. And the Hostas, they need splitting,
But I think I’ll ask my boy,
As I’m really old and feeble,
And I’d rather be on GOY. And that Gaura needs uprooting,
‘Cos it’s reaching for the sky,
But I’ll ask for help to do it,
As I’d rather be on GOY. And whilst the garden is a pleasure,
When the temperature is high,
I will leave it, ‘though not gladly,
For I’d rather be on GOY. So with the cooking and the cleaning ,
and the worries, I will toy,
I will take myself to Lap Top land’
And happily click on GOY.

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