It would, however, be much more useful if there were more than seven days per week.
With my extra days I would make sure that my garden always maintained its RHS Chelsea Gold Medal winning appearance (in my dreams) and that my home looked like an Anthropologie store (I was in the Bath branch today......swoooon). I would accept all work that came my way, thereby becoming very rich and very lean. I would be an exceptional mother because I would be available to my daughters at every waking moment.
I do the best I can with the seven days available to all of us. I am the best Mummy I can be on Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday. When possible I steer activities towards the horticultural - it's healthy and plants are fundamental to all life on this planet, what's not to like about that?
On Tuesday's, Wednesdays and Thursdays every week I am in my main client's garden. It is a special garden in an incomparable situation with separate areas typical of the classic Cotswold garden - herbaceous borders, walled vegetable garden, formal rose garden, rock garden, exotic garden, fruit cage, productive and display glasshouse......phew, it's exhausting just listing it let alone developing and maintaining it to the high standards I expect of myself. I could do with an apprentice - any offers?
That leaves evenings, once the girls have gone to bed, for me to get on with my design work and, recently, blogging. I really am enjoying this blogging lark - bear with me, I might even get better if I keep at it!
Having a patient and understanding husband who actually loves to cook (bonkers) is the only reason this all works. Quite frequently I come to the conclusion that it isn't, in fact, working....but then I have a decent nights sleep and wake up to tackle one of those seven days afresh, thanking goodness that I have neither a commute of any significance nor an office job. I am jolly lucky.
This blog entry was supposed to be more about my design process - oh well, mañana.
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