Overwintering or dead?
It's not always easy to tell in the middle of winter. It isn't until spring comes along and everything starts to sprout again that we see where the leaves aren't coming through. Which ideas, after a hiatus, just aren't alive anymore? Sometimes things come to an end, and that's okay. Knowing when to let go of an idea, a project, even a friendship, helps us to move on and not put energy into something that is never going to bear fruit.
So when the winter is over, check everything over and make sure it is worth the water, the time, the weeding, and the fertiliser that it will need to assure that it is fruitful.
Oh, I love this page, Tracy, not only for the richness of the painting, but for the ideas enclosed in it and the post. While you're heading into spring, we're heading into fall and winter, and I can see that I'll need to pay attention to all the 'plants' in my life! 💗
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