Today’s Homemaker

I scorn digital cameras. Such gluttonous symbols of American come-and-get-it, all-you-can-eat, here-have-600-images-of-your-dog-Gizmo-while-the-people-in-Africa-are-starving thinking. I am starting a new blogging revolution. A revolution in which we use pen and paper to connect to the hearts and souls of readers everywhere. One in which we reveal our true selves for who we really are. And I’m starting with my garden.

Let me take you on a little tour.

As you enter the garden gate, you will notice a pristine pathway of various-sized rocky terrain. These were purchased with utmost care from the heights of a truly magnificent mountainous region in an otherwise remarkably flat environment. (Aka: the rock store in Virginia Beach.)

Around the perimeter of the garden, you will notice a slightly sunken trench which holds in its heart the treasured pods of beans and snow peas. The ultimate destiny of these as-yet-unformed plants will be to climb to the heights of the wired garden gate, enveloping the premises with their gnarled and graceful arms.

If you will look with me to the right, you will notice the beginnings of pungent tomato plants forming an outer border to the smaller pepper plants in the foreground. A rocky path leads the way in and out of the dramatic scene.

To the left, we see more pepper plants, held within the confines of the splendid squash, zucchini, and eggplant…plants. In the distance straight ahead, we are lucky to behold a slew of okra plants, beckoning us with their pointy fronds.

Now, if you’ll turn with me as we exit the garden gate (Actually, no, you can’t open it. Don’t try to open it!!! Humph. You step over it…like this. What were you thinking?), breathe deeply with me and inhale the fragrant smells of spring. Anticipate the bountiful harvest of summer and fall. Pray hard that the terrifying fact that I ended up planting on the windiest day of the year will not have any detrimental effect on the plantlings.

It was lovely having you join me today. If you’ll excuse me, I have to get back to my digital camera research. What does everyone think of the Canon XTi?