I decided this summer would have a focus on outdoor renovations. This weekend I got a bunch done outside.

Yesterday I was able to head over to the Bass Lake Mill and get a pickup load of sawdust. I the. Spread that out over the raspberry patch. I’m hoping it will help with weed control. And it want it to look nice.

After that I started on ripping out this landscaped bed. It had become such an eye sore to me and it’s one of the first things my clients see when they come for a visit.

I was able to finish it up today. It is a big pain to dig out wood chips. I then found three layers of plastic that had been there over the years. The edges were surrounded with big rocks which had settled down as well. Yep. I dug each one out.

I then cleaned up the edges.

This bed is there because it surrounds the covers to the septic system. You can see the one just past the power boxes.

I put plastic down next.

A nice fresh layer. Again for weed control. There is nothing worse then weeds coming up thru the rock bed.

I was able to get the rock loaded in there. This is where I say the best money spent was on that tractor.

The finished bed looks great. I’m sitting here on the deck enjoying the view of it.

My Reflections

It feels great to have that done. A quick win for the summer project list.

Now I sit and reflect on the transformation it went through. Years of layers of materials people kept adding in; never removing or exploring the layers that came before.

That’s kind of like life. How many times do we just keep adding on things believing it is an improvement? Sometimes we have to step back and review our life and dig into the layers of shit we’ve built up. We build them up thinking it will help, and sometimes it does. Sometimes those layers serve a purpose. Protection perhaps.

Later we find those layers are hurting us more than helping. We need to peel them back. Review the stories that put them there. Then let go of the stories that no longer serve a purpose. It helps to ask God and your Angels to help.

Then sit back with those prayers and release. The cleansing will happen. Peace will surround you, all steeped with Gods grace and His Love. Allow that in. When it is done you can look at the nice new and genuine result of who you really are. Of who you are meant to be.

Feel it. You are blessed. And you are loved.