this is the retaining wall at Campsite A. Alyssia's place. Last year, they hired Nathan to prepare this flat place that would receive her modular home. Had a lot of conversation about it. Exchange. But every time Nathan was here on his own, different things would happen. They ended up calling him Uncle Nathan because he had his own imagination about this Place and couldn't help but create things....one of which was cutting too deep into the Hill, requiring Jenny and Alyssia to build this retaining wall. Which took forever and was extremely labor intensive for them.
But it's done. And it's there. and today, it's a really Grand raised bed. Between 50 and 60 feet long, 3 ft wide in the bed, but there is all that is behind the wall too. Today we think of corn there.
right now, except for the two small spaces that the kids planted, it's full to the brim with whatever seeds flew there and secured themselves. Weeds. Wildflowers....some of which Alyssia and i are positive are edible and nutritious food plants. Medicinal plants.
Like with everything else, there is a Restlessness....an urge to Get On With It....time goes. But there are the extenuating circumstances that arise. Puppy's surgery, the resultant incarceration in the travel trailer, and RAIN...24/7. Again. Way beyond "normal".
and so it goes. Watching. Looking for ways to Understand. Looking for ways to Be within it all.
