Saint Valentine's Day

It's Saint Valentine's day and I'm feeling a bit blue. Living on this steep and beautiful hillside can be lonely. It's a fabulous blustery day with not a cloud in the sky.
I have heard that working with the earth can alleviate gloominess so I've been swinging my favourite garden tool, the enxada. It does help to work the physical body and to be outside in this beautiful part of the world. Bonnie came and sat on my jersey and Coco came and sat in the giant heather tree nearby. It's nice to feel the love.

I get a bit obsessive about the stones I find while I'm working. I collect them and use them in the bottom of flower pots or as gravel.

I'm not sure what to plant in the top one. I will let it rest for a bit. The one below it has garlic and peas. I thought they might like to grow together.

I have been spinning and knitting and crocheting but now it is beginning to feel like spring is around the corner. In fact it gets blooming hot during the middle of the day. I will probably do some more digging and pottering but my heart isn't in it. Mostly because I am alone and feel sad that another attempt at the good life has gone south. Ah well. It could be worse. At least I am in a lovely place and have my family not too far away.

And the thought came to me that I have a great relationship with the soil!