Or perhaps I should say it's the kind of gold I have access to! It's beautiful out back, especially as the morning sunshine streams in with its slanted autumn angle.
I've been spending a lot more time in the rear yard recently. Yes, there are still end of season tasks out front, in addition to ever growing leaf wrangling, but the back has taken me. The more I clear out invasives and open up the landscape, the more I see to do. I also see the potential, which makes me dig (figuratively as well as literally) in deeper. It would be sweet to have a more lush woodland look among the trees. Investigating all the native shade plants, especially food or medicine plants, is on my list (perhaps of things to do by the fire when I actually won't be going outside?). Part of the reason for my obsessiveness with this task, is that the more the leaves fall the more the vines and whatnot will go into hiding. Out of sight out of mind? I want to get at these before they pop up again (or pop up so aggressively) in the spring.
So I try to practice a bit of triage with the task list. What do I need to do today, and what can wait for a week? Oh to be younger with better resilience and stamina. But I do what I can, when I can. My brain likes to keep me up at night thinking of said list, moving the parts and pieces around like some kind of puzzle. Perhaps I should write everything down before I go to bed! Ultimately, I'm grateful for the opportunity and the relationship I have with all this wonderful flora.
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