Gardening Queen
Hello all welcome to my blog. MY name is Maria I live in Queens New York. I am fortunate enough to have a large enough land space to make a vegetable garden in the back of my home . I love gardening I find it to be very therapeutic, don't' get me wrong it can be very draining at times. But with all of the hard work I still love doing it. I try to do as much vegetables as I can fit in the yard. I give a lot of it away to my friends and family, some of the things that is left over I freeze for the winter, months. I do an organic garden. Every spring I go to the garden center and I buy lady bugs and praying mantis to put in the yards. That is my natural defense against the other garden destroyers. I have been doing my garden for about 12 years.
The past week has been so sad for us here in New York City. I was out of lights for about 6 days. So we had no heat, the water in the pipes was cold and it was a life changing experience for me because, we tend to take everything we have for granted. I still have to say Thank God because I still have my home and we have a wood burning stove and that is how I kept the home warm and livable because the temperature was a bit cold at nights. MY heart goes out to the people that lost everything. I feel their pain .
After listening to the Journey On Relaxation, I felt very relax and limp like my body was just there, I had no control of it. It was very soothing. I never did meditation or yoga because I always thought it was just sitting there doing nothing but after that experience I think I want to try it. Also after all the commotions with Hurricane Sandy I listened to it again after I got my power, I needed something to relax me. It felt l like I had a glass of wine without the calories.
Maria
Hi Maria! My name is Patricia. Pleasure to meet you (smile). First, I want to begin by saying that I am so very glad to know that you and your family had a minimal setback from the storm. We do take the little things for granted like electricity, water, etc. Nonetheless, I am glad that you are doing well. It saddens me to know how much damage and devastation "Sandy" had for all others in NY and the surrounding areas. My heart and prayers continue to be with everyone affected.
ReplyDeleteWow! You have your own garden! How exciting! Apparently, your garden is organic since you use lady bugs and praying mantis' to help keep your garden healthy. I am a vegetarian/vegan so I would love to eat many of the veggies that you grow (smile). I usually purchase my veggies from the Farmer's Market, a health co-op or Whole Foods. Although I eat my veggies raw and/or cooked, I love juicing them as well.
The meditation relaxation exercise was pretty neat. As I reported in my blog, I did not care for the visualization of the "rainbow" focus. I was distracted so I just concentrated on different parts of the body and the soothing mantras. I fell asleep on the first try and had to repeat the exercise (I am always falling asleep).
Well, nice chatting with you and have a wonderful week!
Patricia