Nude gardening

(Reblogged from earlier post) I just stumbled upon an international holiday of sorts that began in 2005. I'm not quite sure where, or more to the point, why, but it seems World Naked Gardening Day is for real.

They even have a web site. A web site I can't link to if I want to have a nice, warm, job-security feeling over the weekend, what with Newsday being a family paper and all. But I can tell you about a little program called Google that might help you find it all on your own. Without any help from me. Whatsoever.

Saturday, May 8 will be the 5th annual World Naked Gardening Day, during which people from all over the world will be encouraged to "to tend their portion of the world's garden clothed as nature intended," according to the hitherto elusive website.

Though the photos on the homepage gave me pause, the quote highlighted on the right side of the screen rivaled them: "When you're out there with a gentle breeze on you, every last hair on your body feels it. You feel completely connected with the natural world in a way you just can't in clothes."

I don't even want to think about thorns, mosquitoes and pruning accidents.