Tags: garden, Lent, Christian Aid, Count Your Blessings, Christianity, Glasgow
Date: 03 March 2007 16:57:46
HD reminded me yesterday about the garden I blogged about last month, just asking what if anything was happening. I'd not been back there since that blog entry last month, but I was back there today to take my regular offering to the compost heap, and I'm really pleased to see that they've started to replant the area - flower beds have been rebuilt, some daffs are already showing, and coloured tyres are out waiting to be filled with new compost. They've also redone the pathways - all natural and so allowing drainage rather than having paving slabs which don't. There wasn't anybody there to ask what's going on, but as I understood it although they were replanting the site is still under threat from potential redevelopment. My letters to MP, MSPs and councillor are all written. This is my Note to Self to get some stamps and actually send them.
Today's Count Your Blessings challenge is proving a real eye-opener. I can't believe how much I take turning on a tap and receiving clean water for granted. Hand-washing, making a cup of tea, filling the iron, putting water in the bucket to mop the close, drinking water, all usually done without a second thought and completely unappreciated. It's good to be made more aware of these things. I was also thankful as I looked at the garden letters waiting to be posted that I live in a country where I can write to my elected representatives and express my views and hold them to account. How many people don't have that luxury?