![These Remind Me of Orange Sherbert](http://gerikrotow.com/WP/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Orangeflowersforblog-179x300.jpg)
It was a lot of work, time and effort but the spring push to get an additional paver patio put in that offers me a better view of the mini-forest behind our house was worth it. I have a place to sit and write to my heart’s content, and the birds aren’t afraid to come in for a visit. I will try to capture some of my feathered buddies over the next months. For now, I offer you some pics taken from the new patio. I took these photos only a week or so ago and the difference, day by day, is amazing.
![Future Tomatoes](http://gerikrotow.com/WP/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/futuretomatoesforblog-179x300.jpg)
It’s like that with writing, too. One paragraph, one page of dialogue may seem minuscule when faced with an entire novel to compose. Yet each word is a seed. Some words sprout into sturdy, tough plants like my tomato. Others are more fragile like the clematis who is so very tentatively starting to climb up the trellis I painted for it.
![My View As I Write](http://gerikrotow.com/WP/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Viewfromnewpaver-179x300.jpg)
I don’t have control over what will bloom or not in my garden, not really. I can only do the research, consult experts, and time my planting as close to Mother Nature’s schedule as possible. Of course she, like my story, changes like the wind, like a mere few strokes of the keyboard.
Plant a seed today. In your life, in your words, in your garden.