The here and now... and what and why

Complacency is a trap. At least that’s what I was thinking when I up and left the comfort of a Yankee prep school gig, where I taught music, amongst other things, for 28 years. There was also that life long career as a composer, musician and artist.

First, it was a year in St. Thomas, USVI, working as a reporter and shooting photography and then, a year in San Agustin Etla, Oaxaca, Mexico.
Time passed.
More time passed and a year back in the Athens of America followed by a hasty return to Oaxaca where it is all happening.
A couple of years in San Sebastian Etla and now, just down the road in San Pablo Etla. Life is good.

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Santo Domingo
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Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico
Musician, photographer, videographer, reporter, ex-officio teacher, now attempting to be a world traveler

Thursday, September 20, 2018

How does your garden grow?

Plants are some of my best friends.  And they have rewarded me with a lifetime's pleasure and many, many lessons about the nature of existence.  I remember at an early age, being sent out by my mother to weed the garden and discovering that I liked it.  I was hooked.
I discovered I had a "green thumb." I read "The Secret Life of Plants."  I was even more hooked and I have had a garden everywhere I've lived for the past fifty years, always trying to leave the place better than when I found it.  Here's how this current garden looked just after starting.
And now.  Lots of good stuff goin' on.
I know where very single plant came from and most of them were cuttings or really small or inexpensive plants and then propagated.  Then, all they needed was time.
I believe that a garden is a reflection, an insight, into the gardener and I think that this is true as this garden pertains to me. 
Yes, there are rocks and weeds and some plants that will make you bleed - the agaves get me every time - but, all-in-all, I like it.

4 comments:

Gypsy Goat Girl said...

Amazing!

Russ49 said...

I would love to photograph the plants, especially in infrared.

Anonymous said...

the birds & wildlife must love it there! I'm living in Oaxaca City too.

Christopher Stowens said...

Yes, lots birds and insects. Of course, the insects are not all good, like the leaf-cutting ants or the agave beetle. The ants can strip a large plant overnight.

Sure, Russ, they would love it.