NZBestSelf.com
  • Home
  • Books
    • Best Self Series
    • Sadies Series
    • Young Artist Series
    • More Books
  • Contact
  • Events
  • Blog
  • Radio

Something To Ponder
​A blog by Nancy Zimmerman

Yard Work

9/12/2017

0 Comments

 
Weekly Blog from Author Nancy Zimmerman, Something To Ponder
I have been fortunate this summer and I recognize that fact. I began in the spring picking up my grandsons from school so that they could help me begin to get my yard and flower beds in order. I had used the last two summers to write and had not worked in my yard for what would be three years. It certainly was evident. The beds I had designed were a mess, some of them not yet even planted and finished. There were saplings growing up in them, getting so large that I left a couple of ten foot redbuds as part of one of the beds. 

My grandsons were 11 and 7 at the time, and they were looking to earn some money to support their Poke-mon habit. That was fine with me. We negotiated and settled on a fair wage and the work began. They are both hard workers even though they are in a different skill category, but that is fine too. The rains of the spring put us a little behind so I began a search for some adult help.
I was fortunate to find a man who was willing to begin helping me in an area that had ivy, both English and Poison varieties, that needed to be torn our. He realized that he probably didn’t have the endurance to get the job done but he had a friend who could help. The two men together made a fantastic team and work progressed very quickly. I supervised, keeping the crew on task and headed in the right direction. I had them all take breaks as needed and often ran to the local Wendy’s for lunch.
It is now later in the summer. The kids are in school and the work has slowed down somewhat. There are still projects to be done and we are still working on them, albeit more slowly than we did in June. As I look out the window however, there are just some things that make me glad to be in this spot at this time.
I see hummingbirds sipping nectar from the Monarda. There are finches on the heads of the Queen Anne’s Lace and the Purple Coneflower. A pair of swallowtail butterflies flit around the old-fashioned Phlox. The rue is growing and thriving, as is the
butterfly week. The butterfly bush is in bloom and has survived for three summers in this “iffy” zone. Some of the daylilies are putting forth a second bloom and the daisies are in there neutralizing any clashing colors with their bright white attendance.
The beauty of an Indiana garden in August is something that just makes my day. 
Interested in having me speak at your next event?
Contact Me Here!
Check out my series of Best Self books available here.

Subscribe to our mailing list

* indicates required
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Nancy Zimmerman

    Something To Ponder 

    Archives

    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017

    Categories

    All
    2017
    2018
    Abraham
    Accepting Your Best Self
    A Look At The Bright Side
    Animal Speak
    Anxiety
    A Streetcar Named Desire
    Astrologer
    Bad Days
    Bariatric Surgery
    Being True To Yourself
    Business Trip
    Canada
    Challenges
    Children
    Childrens Books
    Choices
    Communication
    Dave Nolan
    Define Success
    Depression
    Disappointment
    Divine Goddess
    Earth Day
    EFT
    Emotion
    Emotions Of Colors
    Exercise
    Expectations
    Family
    Focus
    Foreign Country
    Free Speech
    Friends
    Friendship
    Fun
    Future
    Garden
    Generosity
    Gifts
    Good Day
    Grandchildren
    Great Depression
    Happiness
    Hypnosis
    Identity
    Imagination
    Inner Beauty
    Kindness And Compassion
    Laughter
    Letting Go
    Life
    Life Expectations
    Life Experiences
    Life Paths
    Life Test
    Listening
    Love
    Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge
    Nature
    Nature Speak
    New Year
    Niagara Falls
    Non-physical Entity
    Numerologist
    Perspectives
    Popeye
    Positivity
    Power Of Words
    Prefect Days
    Quiet
    Radio
    Radio Show
    Reflections
    Relationships
    Respect
    Retreat
    Routine
    Sadie Meets A Monarch
    Sadie's Great Adventures
    Seasons Of Life
    Spring
    Spring Colors
    Summer
    Ted Andrews
    Thanksgiving
    The Magic Happens
    Time
    Tmhradio
    T-shirts
    Unconditional Love
    Unique
    Vacation
    Wayne Dyer
    Weight Loss
    Winter
    Wishing For More
    Yard Work
    Young Artist Series

    RSS Feed

Amazon Store
© Copyright 2019 NZ Best Self,  All Rights Reserved
Website by RBA Web Design & Technology
  • Home
  • Books
    • Best Self Series
    • Sadies Series
    • Young Artist Series
    • More Books
  • Contact
  • Events
  • Blog
  • Radio