Wintertime

 I some ways I like winter.  I think of it as a nice break from outside work.  We have a puzzle we're working on and since it's dark when you get home from work your time outside is almost nonexistant.  The snow and fireplace makes the house cozy.  I  love to watch the birds at the feeders when I can.  I also can use my time inside to go through things, to clean and organize.

   But on the other hand I'm missing my outside time.  Mostly I miss the sun.  The days lately have been cold and overcast and depressing.  I long for a 50 degree sunshiny day when I'm off and can be outside.  I am slowly getting ready to welcome spring when it gets here.

Water

"The Lord will guide you continually, and satisfy your soul in drought, and strengthen your bones: You shall be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail."  NKJV
    This is what I had in mind when I chose this title.  It calls to mind a lush, verdant garden in the springtime when everything is growing. I also think of all the bounty that a watered garden produces.  I have noticed such a difference in our garden produce when we water the garden.  It's larger, healthy and more abundant. 
    This is kind of ironic because I'm actively trying to drink more water.  It's hard to do because I don't like it too much.  Diet coke is more to my liking.  I know my body will function better though if I'm at least adequately hydrated.  If I can just make it a habit.
   

Getting Started

         I have kept a diary on and off for years.  Mainly this served as a place to record and vent.  As I look back on it, I am somewhat embarrassed by it.  I'd hate for just anybody to read them and have even thought about destroying them.  Which is a dilemma in itself.  So with that in mind I'm starting this blog for all to read.  I plan it to be a place to record thoughts and feelings and hopefully for me to gain some insight.  I am calling it a watered garden because that's how I want my life to be.  I'd like my life to bear fruit (and maybe some vegetables too).
         So to give background, I am a 48 year old female, married with two daughters living in Mayfield KY.  My husband and I have a 30 acre farm.  I have chickens, flowers and two dogs.  I would love to make our farm productive, in some sense of the word, but that is a work in progress.  I work as a nurse practitioner and my husband is an engineer.  We have two daughters that are adults, still in school that live close by. 
          I love to read and am a member of the local book club.  We also like to camp in our camper  I belong to a CSA and my husband grows our vegetables too.  I have made beer and worked at a winery at one time.  I like to cook and to cook healthy. (Which is not always easy. Cooking is easy, but healthy good cooking takes much more skill) I like most all things local and handmade.  Since moving to KY in 1995,  I have found I like basketball and bluegrass music.  I haven't  developed a taste for horse racing or bourbon as of yet.  I grew up in Memphis, TN in the suburbs. My mom still lives there. 
      Well enough about me.