I've always wanted to use that word! Well, I wanted to start of with a story about Pablo Picasso... A woman spotted Picasso in the market and pulled out a piece of paper. "Mr. Picasso, would you please do a little drawing for me?" she said excitedly. Picasso agreed, and quickly etched out a piece of art for her on the paper she provided. When he handed it back to her, he said,"That will be one million dollars" to which she replied,"But it only took you thirty seconds to draw it". Picasso calmly explained,"My good woman, it took me thirty years to be able to draw that masterpiece in thirty seconds".
That is quite often how I feel when I'm doing a landscape drawing. It seems to evolve so quickly because I have been doing it for 7 years, and sometimes I undervalue what I do, but I have to realize that it is more than a piece of paper, each drawing will eventually become someone's private, backyard oasis. I love my job!
While I'm on the topic of feel good stuff, you should take a look at Penelope Trunk's Blog entry today http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/ It talks about 5 ways to be great and I thought it was an excellent entry. She is a fantastic blog writer with over 35,000 followers, so like to check her out when I need a good laugh or some inspiration...
Back at Spruce... Will from Babbling Brooks was in today. Will is the go-to pond and water feature guy in Calgary. I was going to say 'in the world', but he hasn't sucked up to me enough to warrant that! Anyways, he is going to be building a showpiece water feature on the lot. I can hardly wait - he is truly creative and a master at his craft. Hopefully it will be done for the long weekend.
The tree and shrub lots are filling up and the trucks keep rolling in with new product, so it is an exciting time at the garden centre. My favorite shrub this year - the Coppertina Ninebark - check it out, you won't be disappointed... Much love...
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