Planted

Last fall the landscaper put sod and rock around our new house, but we had to wait for summer to do plants and shrubs. The bid from the landscaper allowed me to pick out 20 plants, which I did yesterday. I have to tell you it was traumatic. I’m certain that selecting so many plants at one time is worse than planning a wedding and picking out the cake, flowers and wedding dress. Really, it’s a big deal when you realize these shrubs and where they are planted will probably outlive me and the next generation of homeowners. “Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers. But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers” (Psalm 1:1-3 NIV).