Glimmer of hope

Monday, June 19, 2023

There’s a chance that I may start be getting back to normal.

Why do I think that? My backyard. Seriously. So, when we were house hunting, I made sure that we bought a house that had a big enough backyard that I could turn at least 1/3 of it into a garden. Considering I live in a California suburb, that’s harder than it sounds. But, alas, we found one. I have spent countless hours, and too much money, into creating a beautiful vegetable garden. Landscaping the rest of the yard to make a little paradise in my backyard.

However, when my depression hit last year, my backyard went to hell. I completely ignored it. The grass turned brown and spotty from the dog. My vegetable garden became all weeds. :And don’t get me started on the state of my formerly beautiful landscaping. Trash blown from the wind has not been picked up. Palm tree branches are still where they fell. It’s horrendous. I have not touched it since August of 2022. I didn’t even bother to plant anything this year and let what I had already, die.

Today, that changed… or at least it started to. I began with the patio. I threw away all of the trash that’s been piled up. I put the patio furniture where it belongs. And then I power washed. The amount of cobwebs, leaves, dog hair, and yuck that I washed away was just icky.

When I was done, it felt great. Had there still been more daylight, I would’ve kept going and started to clean up the yard. Ah, well… maybe this weekend.

Maybe this is my turnaround point?