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| the view of my pond and woods- looking west- but no sun today |
i did not want to get up today; looks grey & dismal, outside- after a sunny, warmish but coolish, yesterday. But Barbra was meowing, demanding her breakfast [at noon]- [Domina has the class to sleep until i wake/get up] & i needed coffee, if i was indeed going to "get up, get on up"... so put on the kettle for my vintage 'drip pot' which i filled with coffee & chicory, and came to my laptop to move photos off phones, cameras etc.
as soon as it warms/greens up a bit, i will be doing a road trip with my film cameras, video cameras, & tripods, oh my... but i don't have the energy or focus at the moment. it is still "inside project" weather, and i have collages calling to me to be finished & more to be done; same with drawings, & most important, music to be edited and released, asap. i'm over run with and overwhelmed by the amount of material i have created 2011-2012, as well as all the earlier stuff [2008-2010] - and have got to get a bead on it, and begin working toward mixing, archiving, editing, releasing.
i spent the 1st week @ home adjusting to uber alles changes from switzerland back to louisiana; acclimatizing myself: dealing with jet lag, change of climate, humidity, etc. also the change of being 'away' from everything here [so many memories] and now being back in it/them all. i had depression [especially with all the rain every damned day!] about being back; remembering all the loved ones [both immediate family and very close friends] i have lost in 2011 [into 2012] especially my precious Mother and Father. It's hard; but hopefully spring will bring with it renewal; not just of nature, but also of my spirit.
i was totally in hermit mode, but, due to chores i had to tend to in town [and lack of supplies] i eventually forced myself out of the house. once out, it wasn't so bad [other than getting drenched at sam's] and once it warms up a bit, i will STAY outside, working in the yards; doing my ritual spring garden, as therapy; communing with the spirit.
i look out toward my pond/woods and see one lone volunteer
narcissus... and a red bird pecking by it; little birds flitting all over the
yards/field, foraging... and plants shocked into believing it is spring.
my plum trees in bloom, the daffodils, narcissus, iris etc in my yard
flowering- up in huge clumps [which i want to separate and spread throughout the yard asap]
my mustard greens & some herbs survived the winter [such as it was/is] and i see the beginnings of baby lettuce. i plan to plant everything in semi shade this year- since it will most likely be hotter than last year, which was brutal; anything in full sun, fried.
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| looking south, behind my yard, at the region between my yard and the magic forest |
all in all, its good to be home, as i slowly adjust and settle back into the lazy southern rhythm. Switzerland was wonderful; as always; and i plan to add fotos and notes in my 'travelology' blog & post to FB, as well; i'll also be posting some videos and or audio from our concerts. but, as the old saying goes, "there's no place like home" [the song, or judy, take your pick]
Doyle came to visit one day, and i went to visit my 'molto caro' Italian family [the Marsala's]; had dinner with my sister & brother in law yesterday; after stopping by and visiting with my friend Desha; it was very good to see her father and mother, as well.
their yard is incredible; Desha's going to give me sprigs of camellias to try and root since i killed my grandmothers. just after i bought my grandmother's [the Duffey family] home place & land, i accidentally killed all the vintage camellias, azaleas, roses, in the yard by OVER fertilizing them; i had no idea, and killed damned near every thing in the yard. live and learn. i was sick about it. killed an ancient old white rose bush; and the camellia by the front porch which had been there as long as i could remember. and i remember! after that i started 'layering' /cloning plants to spread around the yard. the birds also help with some of them.
the best thing about about gardening is it is calming, therapeutic, healing; instructive, and it teaches patience; not to mentions its a damned good physical workout. it's not really THAT cold today; work could be done, but alas... just as i wrote that, thousands of blackbirds landed outside this window in the back yard
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| 4 and 20 hundred [if not thousand] blackbirds- now this would make a pie! |
took some shots around the 'property' today with my phone/retro and pogo apps. forgot to shoot the plum trees in bloom... but i have time...
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| one of my new prized possessions- a gift from yvette- which i have to find a place for. would love it on my dining room wall, but the house would cave in. it weighs a ton! i LOVE rust |
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| a view to my woods, from mid north side of my house |
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| a plethora of jonquils/daffodils/narcissus- given to me years ago by Jan Webb- they are multiplying and like all the clumps need to be separated and spread around the yard |
[C]2012 DOUG DUFFEY
