Fields

Field 1

There are 7 fields in which I labor. Field 1 is self explanatory and is the base from which all else flows from. Many years were invested to build a solid foundation of love and relationship before the following fields came into fruition.

Field 2

Field 2 is the bread & butter field. Where financial responsibility, accountability and good stewardship are key principles. 

Field 3

Field 3 100% volunteer based. It is also self explanatory. Emergency services are a much needed community service. Much is learned from this field of going the extra mile.

Field 4

Field 4 people and history, how we can learn from the past. 

Field 5

Field 5 a clearinghouse so to speak.




Field 6 Facebook: Field of contact and communication.    
Field 7 Avon: Field of pressing on.                                                                                                                                         

Small Starts

 

 Chapter 2014 of my life journey. The empty page has begun to be written upon. In yesterday's post I mentioned something about not knowing where to start. Well today I began to get my little start points. 

Getting cuttings from my plants so they can begin to root.

Purchasing heart shape bowls for my valentine bulb project.

Took more items to my flea market booth.

Went to Walmart to buy the bulbs but they are not in stock yet. Guess I was getting a little bit ahead of myself, ha! ha!

 

 I'm knowing there are more little starts to come. These little starts are only the beginnings of the bigger picture of the goals that are before me in this year.

 

Let's talk awhile

We all have our times of silence. Seems like I am coming out of my time of silence. Where to start, this is always a challenge for me. It doesn't matter what it is. Sure isn't like I have a whole lot to say on anything. I never have been one that found it easy to initiate a conversation. Communication skills are NOT my strong point. It has always been easier to listen and just let others talk away. Yet on this cold January night I am finding myself desiring to share a little something, even if it is brief. Maybe that's all that is needed at the moment, to recognize that the desire to share is alive and well and will find it's expressions in the days to come........

Fall's Beauty

 Every season has it's own beauty. I have always liked the deeper tones and hues of color. The richness and depth of the fall colors is so, so me. The colors have not peaked yet. By next week the full brilliancy of the colors will captivate one's visual sense. Already the oohs and ahhs have been expressed, so how could it possibly get any more beautiful! Nevertheless the best is yet to come. So drink it all in and savor the moment for it will soon pass giving way to a different season with it's own kind of beauty.

 

Hope you enjoyed the fall color tour on Fultz mountain. Blessings to all!

A time to keep and a time to cast away

Entrance

Work area

Sales area

In the late summer of 2008 I began what has now become a 4 year journey. I started with a desire to clean out and simplify. I guess one would call this fall cleaning, which in and of itself is not unusual. We all have our spring and fall cleaning times. In the past I would have a garage sale but that option was not available to me now. The option that was available was the flea market. I choose the indoor over the outdoor flea market. I liked the idea of being able to set my stuff up and leave it. I liked knowing the building was locked during the week. I liked not being completely exposed to weather conditions. So I gathered things that I knew I did not want anymore, hauled it to the booth and set the booth up. My initial thoughts were to do this for a month. By the end of the month I discovered that not only did I sell a lot of the stuff, I actually enjoyed having the booth. So I went for another month, gathering more stuff to take to the booth and discovering that I actually liked the clutter being removed from the house. My booth was a half booth and I didn't have a lot of space to accommodate the supply I was taking in. I was getting serious about the cleaning out and letting go of things. Things I never considered letting go of before I was now considering and choosing to let them go. I was really liking the new found space in the house and becoming more determined to simplify. In Oct 2008 a full booth became available and I took it. Unlike the half booth this one was enclosed and had doors that could be locked by me. So I moved everything into it's new place and gave it a name, Deb's Place. I and Deb's Place have gone through a few changes since then. I continue to clear stuff out of my house and take it to the booth. In 41 years of marriage, a lot of things were accumulated. Some things were not so easy to let go of, largely due to the sentimental and or nostalgic attachments to them. The more I was able to let go of, the freer I became. Not only was the tangible things fleeing away, so was the intangible. The simplicity I was desiring was arriving to take it's place. There are of course certain things I won't let go of and that's okay. As I came into this year of 2012 I began to wonder if I was done with the cleaning out part. I seemed to have come to a standstill. By the end of February I started seeing a little different purpose for the booth. I and Deb's Place was about to embark on yet another change. By the end of August the change was made. The booth is now a 2-fold place. Half of it is for sales, the other half is a work area. An area where I can let my creativity flow and not have to clean up and put away because there's no space for it. Whatever I work on I can let it stay right where I leave it. So yes, more stuff is being taken out of the house to the booth, only now for a different reason. I have a fresh excitement for this coming winter. I wonder what will come out of the work area. Yes, I am still on this cleaning out and simplifying journey only now the purpose for it is a bit clearer.

Ecclesiastes 3:1-8
To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up: a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; a time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; a time to rend, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.

 

Two steps back

Sometimes in this dance of life we take 2 steps backward in order to go forward. Such is what I'm having to do in order to go forward with my blogs. I look at all that my life consists of and I wonder how to connect the dots. What is the pattern? What are the steps to be taken? Where have I been and where am I going? Most importantly, where am I now? What is this dance that I have been doing since January 2011 until now? It is a new dance that I am having to learn.Will I ever learn to do it gracefully or will I continue to be so awkward and unsure as it has seemed to be? Such are the reflective pondering of late.

Time gets away!

I had a very calm morning yesterday, September 20, 2012 and I began to think about blogging again. So before I went to work I jotted down the ideas of what to write so I wouldn't forget them. This morning September 21, 2012, is also calm so I went to my blog and read the last thing I posted. Wow!!! January 2011 was the last posting. Oh my the time got away from me. The year 2011 was a such a crazy year. Anyway, am really going to try to post more frequently.