Aren’t these gorgeous? And so tasty and fresh, in pots on my front porch. After a long repair phase of my frozen/broken pipes and extensive flooring damage January 18, I’m enjoying my herbs.

Today’s comment: Tornadoes are raging through our country now. Stay Safe!

Back to my disaster: So many phases and exhausting repair, estimates, workmen, and lots of reporting to insurance have passed, the hardest phase is slowing down. Am so grateful to two daughters who pitched in overtime. I shudder to think of facing this mess by myself, staying in my bedroom throughout, no kitchen etc., water removal machines blasting away at one point. I had to step back from life to manage this stress…

I am grateful in so many ways—because at this time, there are so many families facing worse natural disasters and horrible world turmoil.

For me, things are definitely looking up—I’m getting closer to returning to some kind of schedule/writing/promotion/painting. My gosh, two paintings, a landscape and a dog’s head, have waited through these months, and are haunting me to finish. This since January 18. Yes, that’s a repeat for emphasis.

These herbs are a relief from the months of extreme stress. I’m not done potting yet, and need just a perfect little table for these babies. I love fresh basil, cilantro etc. Chop a bit of that over your pasta and you’re set. My chives (seeds saved from last year) are starting, growing quickly. Chop and add those to your baked potato and soups, and the taste is fantastic. And love lavender, (image below) hoping to bundle and hang these inside later…

To me, these herbs represent a Fresh Start, which everyone needs sometime, just as in the title of my trilogy of the same name.

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Best wishes to you out there, living such varied lives, hardships, etc. If you have time to comment, I would so appreciate it.