flowermove/20230717

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Second backyard project of the summer has commenced with the (long-time-coming) moving and downsizing of the biggest flowerbed in the backyard (part of which is visible on the left of the first photo) – weeding it has become more trouble than it's worth: shifting half to the pond's edge to make a full round of daylilies, with K's pergola outdoor-room and pond at the center, while the other half will remain and be shaped as the very large and immovable plants dictate.

Managed to get the first soil / topsoil coat / churn and rocks transplanted to form the edge today. Remainder of topsoil + another churn next. And then the transplanting…

note to self / 20230717

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If I'm lucky, perhaps this summer will be the summer that I learn my lesson: that it's ok to take time away, to work less, because eventually, I will want to work more again. It – whatever it is – needs space to become what it wants to become. Case in point: after reducing my worktime to one workblock per day, the vast majority of the last half hour being spent in the pangs of diabetically-mandated hunger, I've come back 'round to wanting to work twice a morning, two 90-minute blocks, my preferred schedule. Not sure what caused it, other than I was ready to get back to work – and I'm all but certain that I needed the time away to recognize that.

SYMPHONY NO. 107 – THE BARD (MEV, 2023)

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Recorded in 2012, this is an utterly compelling improvisatory cacophony rife with nuance and inspiration: it demands attention and rewards with a sonic impressionism. Will be on repeat for awhile – certain I'll find new treasures with every listen.

Album cover: MEV, SYMPHONY NO. 107, a black and white photograph of a concert hall

links/2023w28

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