Saying a Prayer

"Connection with gardens, even small ones, even potted plants, can become windows to the inner life. The simple act of stopping and looking at the beauty around us can be prayer." The Sacred Garden by Patricia R Barrett

Sadly there has been little connection with the garden in the last month what with one thing or another.  This is the week the summer house should be built - I am just waiting for the phone to ring to give me an exact day.  I've been struggling for several weeks with health problems so this has curtailed quite a bit of work being done in the garden.  I did manage to cut back the japonica in preparation for the summer house but I still haven't got all the spring bulbs planted yet.  There are also major changes and upheaval at work which have seen me retreat into my shell.  In all honesty I am feeling battered and bruised not to mention rather lost and confused right now and just want to hide away from the world with all its ugliness and mess.  I pray that the arrival of the summer house will have me poking my head out from under the covers and help me connect with dharma once more.