Susan over at Earthly Garden has a post about something most of us have fallen victim to:

It got me to thinking that we gardeners tend to take our gardens so
seriously that we forget to enjoy them. Let’s face it, most of us will
never have the kind of gardens you see in glossy magazines. You know
the ones, where every flower is perfectly in bloom, never wilted, every
leaf is shiny and green, every blade of grass velvety, and ever bush
stylishly trimmed. Here in the real world there is a brown patch or two
on the lawn, the petunias need to be deadheaded again, and that
hydrangeas got some dead leaves. It happens. For every perfect, red and
juicy tomato there’s one with blossom end rot, and for every fragrant,
exquisite rose, there’s one the Japanese Beetles got to first.

I know I have fretted about my lawn so much at times that I was stressing myself out. Why? I’ve always thought gardening and yard work was quite relaxing, so why am I letting my relaxing hobby get me stressed?

So slow down, gardening buddies. Relax. Smell the flowers. Remember what we started this gardening stuff for- not for the perfect bloom, but to have a relaxing oasis.