I have never gardened. In fact, usually everything I plant dies. But our yard was so desperately brown and dusty and dry and altogether horrible that something HAD to be done. Besides before we moved here God told me I would have a green yard! Well...it wasn't green when we moved in...but I have learned so much and enjoyed every moment of trying to bring a little green out of this dry land. So we planted a grape vine almost 2 years ago when we first moved here and it has grown from 2 feet tall to 8 feet tall or longer in some branches. And this year we are getting a few clusters of grapes! This is absolutely astounding to me! To think I didn't kill it and this came from the driest land around. My neighbors have had to coach me every step of the way. Patiently showing me how to plant and how to water. Getting their hands dirty in the ground and showing me how to plant and how to care for every plant. I am so grateful to them! God has shown me much through this garden as well. Lessons on Life coming from nothing. Lessons on storing up water for the dry times. Lessons on tying up sagging branches to stronger ones. I could go on and on...
Our pomegranate trees are giving us fruit this year too! May it be true of our neighbors and friends too...may their lives bring forth fruit. May our lives too bring forth more fruit this year!
This year we have tomatoes, peppers, mint, basil, cilantro, cucumbers and a bunch of flowers.
Our grass came back and is beautiful and green. A happy place for LOTS of children to roll around together on a soft place. That is...if I don't get too tired of the noise and chaos and kick them out in a moment of overdose!
Last but not least are our tadpoles are growing! Last year we didn't make it through a full growth. But this year we have gone from tiny tadpoles...
...to sprouting little legs...
...to sprouting little arms
...FROG! Metamorphosis is fascinating! A little gross...but mostly really cool! They are super tiny frogs though. Who knew?! Our neighbors are totally disgusted by this and ask us to kill them every day claiming they are full of disease...but even they can't resist coming to check up on their progress! I love watching things grow and am so thankful for getting a front row seat in the physical and the spiritual as we await more growth all around us!
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