I have to say that I have been very naughty and have not written for a long time.
My summer was much busier than I had intended and I became involved in all sorts of new projects, which although inspiring, left me with very little creative energy.
So with humblest apologies, I will try to make sure that it doesn’t happen again.
So what is new? Well this weekend I made my first green tomato chutney, which wasn’t quite as straight forward as I thought but very satisfying to see in the jars afterwards!
This is my third year of growing tomatoes and I truly think it is the most amazing experience. When those first shoots poke through and already have the delicious smell of tomato, I get so excited and can never bring myself to throw any of the seedlings away.
The last two years have been a disaster, but I’ve learnt and this year I grew four different varieties and they have been ripening in this wonderful late autumn sun.
The greens one were made into the chutney and the rest are waiting to be devoured, yummy!
My other success was my courgettes, although my father was unimpressed when he took them home and realised that they weren’t cucumbers!
So I hear you saying; after all this time she can only talk about veggie, what is spiritual about that?
Well the great Louise Hay uses tomatoes as a metaphor for spiritual growth and beginning with one tiny seed, that is watered, tendered and given lots of sunshiny, life can grow into a magnificent plant full of fruit.
I was also on a course where we were asked to visualise a seed and then imagine where it was growing and what kind of flower it developed into. Being a florist for so many years, I though that I would come up with something exotic but no, I came up with a courgette flower!!
Of course they are magnificent in their own right, big, bold and bright and this related to your life’s work – yellow is for the mind.
So….. A picture of my courgette, just to remind you about the spirituality of every living thing.
Don't forget the BSSK Mind, Body and Spirit event at the Monastery in Manchester, Oct. 17th & 18th. I am giving a workshop - details are on the events page.