Visions

I hope you see things that are not there.

I hope you see things of beauty or things functional or both; things that do not exist, yet.

The Bible states, "without a vision, the people perish". This too is the type of vision that can add value if it is fulfilled in the real world. Not spooky paranoid stuff that can get one hospitalized.

It is my opinion that visions can never be fulfilled unless one finds a partner. Going it alone does not work. I am not sure why this is the case, but I can guess. It takes the whole messy process of agreement and disagreement to keep up momentum. Then too, what you CAN accomplish on your own is not thought of as special; a vision is special. Some visions can be just out of reach; some are seemingly impossible.

The kitchen project here was a vision of Kim's, for example.

The kitchen cabinetry that exists here was obviously the vision of its designers. These cabinets are not store bought, rather the polar opposite. There were walls. Someone nailed up wood strips and covered nearly all the wall space and much of the floor and ceiling space as well. Someone built wooden boxes of all different sizes everywhere. Someone made doors from sheets of wood. Nearly every single door is unique, made to fit over it's non standard size opening. There are also drawers built-in, many of them, each also slightly unique. Much of the wood used contains various defects. Some places, like the drawer bottoms are made of odd materials, what ever was t'hand apparently. One thing is certain, it was a ton of work.

Another unique 'feature' is that the backs of the cabinets are still the walls.

When I moved here, the cabinets were all off white drab. In all the work of the original designers, they left out any finish work. No sanding, for example. If some place needed more support, a piece of wood was nailed where it would be most effective. If something was uneven, or not plumb, or not level, it was 'good enough'. Here and there is the odd board secured just enough to provide function. There were lots of gaps small and large. It was drafty inside. Drafts attract mice and spiders. All that is fixed now.

There are two sections, both are big enough to be classified as small towns. Both are L-shaped, together they nearly make a large square. Inside all this wood is the kitchen proper. There are two ways out. One break in all carpentry is a wall through to the dining room. The other is the door out to the garage. Like I said, someone put a tremendous effort into having 'ENOUGH' storage.

Kim saw them as they could be, beautiful. She saw them in color. She saw them as one of a kind.

We are getting there, together. I am just starting to see them as she has all these years. It is special and worth every ounce of labor, every muttered frustration.

I guess that is why 'worth' and 'value' are related. These oddball cabinets were worth the investment of our resources because the feeling we get looking at them now is so worth it! We are coming to the fulfillment stage of the vision and it is better than either of us saw it becoming. It makes our souls feel warm and fuzzy.

But...

That is not what this post is about, that was just the lead in.

We have a new garden plot. Nothing was there before.

You need to see this. It was another of Kim's visions and its reality is truly beautiful. Somewhere in site is the ability to post pictures. I am going to find it so you can see what we now will see.

Love someone well today! PLEASE?

Bobby