A gardener’s impatience

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blooms, chives, Gardening, postaday2013, sprouts

Spring is technically here but living in the hill towns, we are in limbo. It gets so frustrating going down to Westfield, down the mountain into the valley and see tulips, daffodils and hyacinths in bloom and coming back home and seeing little tiny shoots of green and that is it. The only thing to do right now in the garden is to rake all of the excess mulch and old leaves out of the garden beds. I’ll confess right now that doing this is definitely not one of my top ten things to do in the garden, especially when it is tedious work and not much to show after it is done, just more waiting for plants to wake up from their long winter sleep.

I know that I am complaining but I think that I am going stir crazy with the long winter, it feels as if there is a huge thirst for color and greenery after way too much white and grey on the landscape for months on end. The spring palette is so vibrant; full of pinks, blues, yellow and violet. I can’t wait to see the landscape awash in all those colors.

Decisions, Decisions

How are you more likely to make an important decision — by reasoning through it, or by going with your gut?

Since I am married, most of my decisions come after talking it through with my hubby because in a marriage, what affects one affects the other, so it is only fair that the other have a say in the matter. That being said when it comes to small everyday decisions, I think that I use both my head and my gut. Feelings and impulses may move me to in one direction where on another day, thinking about it logically might move me in another such as do I purchase a lottery ticket or a scratch ticket? On impulse, I may very well do it, but if I take the time to consider the well reasoned arguments that I have recently come across, I will decide not to.

The article I am referring to spoke about how so many states are relying on state lottery earnings to fund public education and public infrastructure instead of getting that funding from taxes and the downfall of relying on lottery earnings is that it is a very regressive way to fund public works and institutions. The lower income person is more likely to invest their hard earned pay on tickets, lowering their spending even more in the elusive dream of winning it big. Progressive taxation is much more equitable way to fund public works and institutions and we should be fighting for our legislators to institute those changes. So that would be one reason why I wouldn't spend my money on a lottery ticket, not only would I lose, but I would be supporting a system that is detrimental to the majority of people in our society. This is just one example of the difference made in deciding based on impulse or by logical thinking.