1) I am genuinely excited about the possibilities ... it's fun to think about and plan out the nitty gritty details!
2) There ARE other people doing the same thing I want to do... in the same area. That means my ideas must be on the right track!
3) The local community and the larger community seem welcoming and it makes me think about something that Doug Fabbioli (Winemaker at Fabbioli Cellars) posted recently... "Call me crazy but I love to see people happy and succeeding. Life is a journey, not a competition." Doug has done much to foster this sense of community around Loudoun County and Virginia winemaking and I know it has had a positive effect on other industries as well. I will take this to heart as we venture into the local flower farming movement and will endeavor to learn and grow and contribute to the overall sense of community. Above all, I want to feel a part of something larger than myself and something that I'm passionate about.
A friend of mine came to visit us recently. I really haven't seen her as much as I would have liked over the last 20 (gulp!) years but we are forever bonded by our high school experience. We went to separate colleges and now live across the country from each other and although we knew each other really well as young adults, we might not know each other as well now that we have become adults and parents and all the other changes that life brings. But the first thing she said to me as I met her in the driveway was that as she and her family were driving up our street, she told her husband, "That must be Katie's house with all the flowers..."
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