Gardening is healing. It's lovely to see things grow and bloom and know that you had a part in it. Even by the simple act of not killing it! I have a lot to learn, but I notice plants all the time now - even when I'm just on the bus driving past people's houses. Like "oooh - look at all those Jacarandas - there's purple everywhere!" and "it's such a nice time of year when the hydrangeas are in bloom". Makes for riveting conversation. *cough*

Okay - here's my attempt at being deep.

Sunday thoughts:
We all have a dark side and none of us are perfect. Our dark side is where things like pessimism, despair, hopelessness and needless worry resides. What's important is to acknowledge our dark side - because it's there and we can't make it go away - but not revel in it, not feed it. We need to actively strive to reject it - constantly. We have to learn to recognise when we're revelling in our dark sides and learn to turn our backs on it.

Oh - this is my new friend. He scared the crap out of me this morning when I was doing a spot of weeding.






We put up Christmas lights this morning and were in the process of putting up the tree when we realised that the lights were missing. And so were the instructions for the oversized, highly complex tree. Hmmm.

Anyway, I'll leave the tree for now (too lazy to keep going) and we're cooking dinner.


So tonight I plan to light up the house and vege out in front of the telly watching the Idol grand final with a nice cup of tea. Bliss. (Yes, I am aging and turning into a granny at an alarming rate! I'm only in my 20s - I really should be drinking too much and being some sort of free spirit while shoving my opinion down people's throats and dressing in very revealing dresses, wearing loads of lipgloss and too high heels, staggering about and enjoying limited responsibilities. I'm too young to have mellowed already!)