Thoughts on all things garden themed from an antique dealer gone amuck! I write, play with the dogs, and fill my house with garden art. There is hardly time to work the dirt!

Copyright 2010-2013 Barbara Barth, Writer With Dogs

Wednesday, January 16, 2013

A Fresh Start


Changes. 2013 will be about a fresh start and change! I closed my shop last year, which was a major event in my life. I loved my shop, but it was the original money pit! The rest of 2012 bloomed full of surprises. In August, a seventeen-year-old foreign exchange student from Italy came to live with me. I've never been a 'mom' before, so this is an engaging challenge. She is teaching me patience and I am trying to teach her to plan ahead. Her favoirte answer to my question, what are you doing tonight? today? tomorrow? is i.d.k or I don't know! She will be with me through June.

The sunflower seems a great symbol since I dream of going to Tuscany. One of my favorite books and movies was Under The Tuscan Sun. Perhaps I am one step closer! I just need to find a dog sitter for my six dogs at home. 





My  blog format for Barb's Botanical Garden has changed. I wanted a new look to inspire me to post, just as I hope for a new look in my yard this spring! The old white picket fence with it's huge sunflower to the side has been replaced with an avatar for me! But perhaps I am older and a bit heavier, still, I love the image above.

I am not a great gardener, but I do plant seeds of ideas and find myself in trouble a good bit of time trying to make my plans grow...in life rather than in the dirt.  I plan to keep a journal here of my love for all things garden related and then some!


7 comments:

  1. I love your avitar and the new look of your blog. Wishing you a year of dreams come true.

    FlowerLady Lorraine

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  2. Have you seen the 1980s movie "Room with a View?" If not, you might enjoy it. It's set partly in Florence and the surrounding countryside. It's based on the EM Forster novel.

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    1. Hi Jason - I did see "Room with a View" - but when it first came out. Will go back and watch it again. Remember I loved it! Thanks.

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  3. I found you thru Botanical. I love antiques, gardening, reading, writing and fluffing my nest. I too am starting something new. I will be following to see how it all turns out.

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  4. A fresh start is always good... especially if it leads to an "always dreamed of" ending. Dreams do come true, ya know. ;)

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  5. P.S.
    No need for the word verification. Blogger has a terrific Spam filter.

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    1. Thanks Carolyn - I think I got rid of it. Hate those word verifications - takes me several times to get it right. B

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