Friday, July 13, 2012

Enjoying it all

My good friend Melissa of Flying Bear Farm recently reminded me of something so important: taking the time to just enjoy the beauty that we create. I often get so caught up in the tasks and to-do lists of running a business that I forget what business I am in (growing and designing flowers) and just how friggin' lucky I am to be doing such an amazingly joyous and beautiful thing with my life! Sure there are up's and down's (just as there are with anything else) but the truth is that I just LOVE what I do: the flowers, the weddings, the farmers, the clients, the creativity, the watching things grow, the being outside, the design process... I just love it all. Today I lay down in one of the paths in the Cutting Garden (feeling super glad that I made those babies a roomy 3 ft. across!) looked up and saw this: Nigella and Larkspur blowing softly in the breeze, with a gorgeous, perfect summer sky in the background. And (I KID YOU NOT) a swallowtail butterfly and a hummingbird both showed up and did their respective flying around, drinking nectar, etc. WOW. Life is pretty darn good.

4 comments:

  1. Right on, Kelly! You deserve to lay back for a moment and take it all in!

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  2. Amazing the sees we can see when we just stop for a moment. How fun to see the wildlife from that angle.

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  3. Love the camera angle! It looks like you grow giant towering flowers. So pretty and fun!!!

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  4. YES!!! nicely done Kelly :) a great reminder right back to me!! i love your nigella!

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