I love seeing beauty. All types of beauty. Whether it is a lovely storefront in a metropolitan city, or a whimsical heart created in the foam of my cappuccino. I love seeing the small spaces where people don’t “have to” create beauty, they simply do.
I just got back from a very quick trip to Boston to visit my daughters. It was rainy and cold, but the window boxes were bright and sunny. I am always impressed with a creative window box. I’ve tried window boxes in the past, and it has been a skill that I don’t seem to have. I am now reinvigorated and completely inspired. I hope to create some lovely boxes in the Fall. I love how beauty is contagious.
Beauty can be found in the ordinary. The simplest of gestures can create a beautiful piece of art. Small spaces become profoundly important to the soul. Tiny acts of kindness might seem trivial, but imagine a world where everything we did was simply to share beauty with others? There’d be no more trash in the sidewalk gutter for someone else to pick up, no more slum lords preying on the innocent or the penniless, no more pesticides harming the natural world and no more self-seeking greed. What a world it would be!
I’ve always been drawn to little spaces, tiny bulbs or pieces of broken china or sea glass. Remnants of beauty that once was and that could be again. I think we all crave beauty, but in such a loud world it’s hard to locate our small spaces to share. Sharing beauty takes an intentional focus towards others. Moment by moment, we step aside ourselves to make the world better through the small spaces. Let’s face it, most of us will never be multi-millionaire philanthropists, but we all have the chance at creating beauty in small spaces.
Happy gardening, my friends! Find your small spaces and share your beauty:)
Heirloombulbgirl 