08/04/2025
Hello friends and followers!
I hope this finds u all well!
Along with my recent share on my Art of ION page, re where I’m at with my art biz, and life, I felt it’s time for an update on my Chilli biz too.
Purely for those interested, and my own self-expression.
Some dopamine perhaps? 😂
Truth is I feel this page is not just for my Chilli sauces, but all things garden n growth related!
I have been at absolute capacity with my current workload, but driven by a huge and heartfelt goal.
Re all the menial steps along the way, I want to share that I finally managed to get some good soil mix sorted in concrete mixer and save some chilli seedlings that have been languishing for waaay too long!!
Even this was a feat after my main garden got wiped out in Cyclone Jasper and I never really got time to reboot it properly.
The rains are finally subsiding and with mower fixed, a rare sunny arvo to chug through what felt like an ocean of grass!
I get such a sense of satisfaction from mowing, ‘things we CAN control?’😆
Realming through thoughts as I tactfully dodge sandpaper vine n wild raspberries on perimeters…grab the little ‘glimmers’ of smells, butterflies in path, the kingfishers who swoop down to grab exposed fodder, the lemons that donk my back as I pass under them…but speaking of lemons, lessons also…
So tired the other arv after work, when I began tackling the first segment of this well overgrown jungle, thinking how I wish ‘the world would shut up n be silent’ for a sec, and nek minit, I’m squinting horrified at the mess on the lawn and realised twas my iPhone 12 Pro, fallen out of pocket and mowed over!! 🤦♀️🥴.
Well tbh I kept going on mower for a bit, until it too decided to s**t itself…and then I just cried with the overwhelm of all I’ve been dealing.
Omg, Mercury retrograde be GONE! And “God grant me the serenity…” 😂🙏
No comms for a moment created some panic. But then I realised I still had Dads old iPhone that I helped him buy online. Clearing it was necessary, and hard 😔, but I know he’d approve ❤️🙏
Even in spirit he still has my back, and thanx to the magic of iCloud, I was able to reboot everything over last couple of days.
So, rinsed as I am, this arv felt good, to get to the garden again and finish the job, mower fixed, phone firmly in pinafore chest pocket, to capture some little bits of magic n try ‘make the work fun’ as I go…
Nostalgic as I prepare myself to soon leave this Fairyland home and haven with all her magic n critters I’ve so loved, my solace and sanctuary.
The baby fruit trees I put in through covid now big and strong and fruiting, will bless the next custodian, along with my ‘renegade R2E2 mango tree’, that I stealthily planted at the back of next doors school oval, so that one day the kids can pick its fruit and climb it!…my small givings to the world in my humble capacity 🙏.
The demands on small businesses make it hard to stay afloat tbh.
New laws now require Food Safety Supervisor Certificate to be re-done every 5yrs, in order to keep Food Licence. I did mine 6yrs ago. Was given a deadline to re-do the Cert.
So that was another big goal kicked in recent weeks, attained just yesterday, so yay, my Food License remains! 👏👌.
Meagre as it looks, saving these few chilli seedlings was pertinent, as it will keep my seed stock running until I can re-settle in new home 🤞, and enough produce in box freezers to tide me through another couple of sauce batches.
Riding these huge waves of transition, letting goes, and the work required to maintain everything, as gracefully as I can.
Always wishing well the all, counting the blessings in each little moment, and hopefully continuing to bring you all fresh batches of these awesome chilli sauces as my other little sideline business that keeps my hands in the dirt 😜 and rewards me with all the reminders that natures cycles bring.
Doing my best to ‘stay in my lane’, and keep on swimming 🧜♀️.
Thank you for your continuing support.
With love, gratitude and grace,
Imogen ❤️🙏🌱🌶️🦋🪲🧚✨
