I have been enjoying the simple pleasures of summer. Making sun tea in the morning sun. Mowing my lawn with my push mower and smelling the fresh mowed grass. Hot, sweaty work, but rewarding.
Herbs
Growing herbs, using them in tea, and for medicinal purposes, and in cooking is so satisfying. Today I picked some herbs and dried them to use later. My house smells so good.
Even if I didn’t use my herbs, I still benefit greatly from growing them. It elevates my mood to play in the dirt and to see things growing.
Educational
Learning about herbs and their uses is very exciting. Especially, reading how people contemporary with my grand and great-grandmothers used herbs to treat all kinds of ailments and illnesses is exciting and so educational and hopeful in a world filled with pharmceuticals.
Stories
I often say my yard has stories. I enjoy looking at my flowers and herbs and knowing who shared a sprig or root of each plant that I might have my own. It is so fun!
I hope you are enjoying your own simple pleasures of summer.
