The final part of my vision came together this week. It looks amazing!

Kyla and Thomas brought more plants. The inukshuk got built.

There is a balance between effort and ease.. in climbing, the climber pushes down on the rock then the next reach feels easier to achieve. Melinda is good at this with her frog moves 🤣

In yoga when you push down in tadasana then the body feels stronger to go to the next pose.

Trees push down roots and grow up to the sun. It is the balance in the universe ✨️

There two things to give to our children.

Roots to stay grounded and strong.

Wings to flythe nest and discover who they truly are

Be like a tree!

*bend before you break

*stay grounded

*keep growing

*turn over a new leaf

*enjoy your natural beauty.

Adapted by Dawn frearson

As this cancer progresses and I get more and more fatigued, I find myself on the sofa watching the birds busily in the garden. I listen to audio books and podcasts. My view is of the garden and Mount Si. However, there is corner of the garden that is not so pretty after we cut down a tree so it did not fall on the neighbors house. After talking with my tribe, we came up with a plan to beautify my view. I made a very rough sketch and they have run with it. We decided on a project name with a play on Rise like Dawn, Project Rising Wild. It will look a million times better and already is.

I am no artist but here’s a sketch of the roofline, stumps, rocks, and future trellis. Also a list of the plants I thought would be nice in that corner.

Thanks to jack and his wood working skills and determination. He made the trellis from wood milled on his property.

Thanks to Jack, Melinda, Heather, Adam, Daisy, Mark, Thomas, Kyla, Merritt, Morgan, Jon, Kelly, Sophie, Roland and Rex, for digging ferns and saplings to transplant into the area then spreading soil over the whole area. There were many dirty feet in my bed that night. They all had fun!

I had a good time sitting in the lovely North Bend sun supervising the work!

Picture now to enjoy the view.

Kyla found a place with bare root native plants so we will add those later.