4/1/2020 0 Comments Re-Assessing my worldMy world has changed so much in the last 2 1/2 years. I look at the photos that I used to create my website and realise that my garden does not look like that any more. It saddens me and also reminds me of the experiences I have had and the ways in which my gardens and I have changed.
I moved to Drummond for a while and created beautiful spaces with herbs there. Now I have moved back "home" and feel like I have to reclaim (not restart) my gardens here. So many times in the past I have felt that when I move house, I lose all the plants and beauty I created. I always felt that I have to start from scratch again to grow and create. This time it sits differently within me. My beautiful Sister and friend, Natasha, and I have dreamt it in to create a Herbal Center just outside of Pietermaritzburg on friends' farm. I know that I have the skills and personal dream and power to bring this dream into reality for us. I am so looking forward to start this dream with her. I moved back for us to get started on this heart warming adventure. We just have to be patient now. My plan was to start laying out and preparing the garden beds today. However, we are in lockdown. I reflect on how perfect the timing of my move and our plan was. I am home with my daughter and mother, all of us looking after and supporting each other in this period of Corona virus. It has given me the opportunity to return to what is important. Assessing which herbs have remained in the gardens here from my previous life here, planting and sowing herbs and vegetables to support us going forward. Checking through my stash of dried herbs and base products to know what I have to support my needs and our health. Giving myself time to adjust and grow in a different way. This is all such an adventure in such trying times. I look forward to what the future brings being fully present in the now. Living in beauty, health and trust.
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AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. Contemplating the warmth of the sun shining through my window on this beautiful Winter's morning, I wondered what could I do to warm myself from the inside out...
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AuthorCornelia van der Sandt (Leya) is a Herbalist, Mother, Fiber Artist and Explorer of Life, facing challenges using the Medicine of Plants, Nature and Life. ArchivesCategories |