Herbarium from Cartigny

Today it will be sweet, natural with a romantic flavour and a promise of summer days. (And without tears because it is going well).

When I started writing this blog it was not without a reason. Writing is important for me. It is a therapy, a chronicle, a release of anger, a journal of memories…somehow, it is everything. Finally, I can add something to the chapter PROJECTS and GARDEN.

Our garden does not consider that it was someone else who took care of her in the past. She does not care while she should be grateful. Since everything growing up in this garden, except big trees from former owners, is thanks to Peter. My contribution is a hammock where you can nicely read. In addition, there is a meditation circle where I practice dynamic Osho meditation. Who does not know it should think that I am crazy. Especially, during the phase of twisting, crying and shouting…

I have also secured a beautiful wooden cart. It was given for free or rather for transportation in one garden when we started with Peter a running season in Kerzers. As every year, we went to start and then saw a sign “Gratuit” (for free). We almost missed the start since we were taking photo of the contact details.

Our garden behaves like a pompous girl who needs full time attention. She does not care who would provide it. I do care. I know how Peter liked it here. I know how hard he worked on it and how happy he was in this garden. I am starting to consider this pompous girl as a partner and training to re-educate her.

It is like in the family. A spoilt brat is resistant – as much as our garden. When he decides to give a hard time to his parents, he will succeed. Our garden is giving us a hard time in the same manner as a spoilt brat. It can raise the height of the grass by thirty centimetres in a week, sometimes even more. While Wapka has been friendlier, the tractor and the grass cutter are still stubborn. Instead of serving us, it is us who serve them. Considering that except Klarka we are all hopeless with technical staff, it is a challenge. We do not have a small yard. There were times when we did a ring for cross-country skiing in winter when there was snow in the garden. We did not have to go anywhere else to find a track.

Even a pompous girl can surprise you. This is happening in our garden. It gives us an amazing feeling of peace in the soul. Even if it is a stubborn mule who does not give me any rest, sometimes we find the common ground.

Suddenly, bushes are in blossoming, roses or thyme smell nicely, first strawberries are appearing. Lilac had a pleasant smell and made Klarka happy for her eighteen-year birthday as a beautiful bouquet. Now elderberries are smelling good and their blossoms ask to be picked. A reward is coming. Blossoms are collected. I prepare an elderberries juice. It is delicious. Girls were looking forward to it since the last year. In addition to elderberries juice, there will be spruce syrup for cough. There are many tomato plants. It looks like carrot and raspberries are friendly to me. Blueberries and other fruits are showing up. I am putting a small fragment into mosaic and I am founding a HERBARIUM FROM CARTIGNY. I have to learn a bit more about this pompous girl who is living with us and asks for our attention.  I put a four leaf clover, leaf and blossom of elder, spruce little branch and a leaf, which is waiting for a name, into Herbarium as the first things.

Once someone shows up in our place, he would be hopefully pleased with the juice.

Cartigny, 22.5.2020