The Plan

Christian did not go down easy for his nap today, and I did not want to risk waking him up.  So as soon as I closed the door to his room, Tes and I tip toed outside.  I took my tape measure, a pad of graph paper, and some yarn.  It was time to plot out the new garden.  Tessie and the chickens followed me around the backyard as I measured and roped off the garden area.  Lucy eventually joined in the parade, and between the seven of us, we managed to make a relatively easy job, well, not easy.  Tessie took over measuring for me, and scared the hens repeatedly by zipping the tape measure up too close to them, but all in all, everyone seemed to be having fun.

Once I had all my measurements, and I was happy with my plan, I sat down to draw it out.  Tessie abandoned her measuring job and wandered over to see what I was doing.  Inevitably, I had to run back in the house to get her her own graph paper and pen.  The two of us sat side by side, and drew out where to place our garden beds. Tessie was bent over her paper, focused on her task.  A light breeze was blowing her hair across her face occasionally, and she would reach up absently to brush it aside.  This project, our garden, is as much hers as it is mine, and watching her plan every little step with me, is truly beautiful.

Hard at work

Tessie's Plan