Your "fair weather gardener" description struck a chord with me. When I was working, a sense of urgency was always part of my gardening day. I felt compelled to finish projects because I had work coming up. Even after three years of retirement, I'm still surprised and delighted each day by the lack of urgency, by the knowledge that there's nothing I HAVE to do, but it has had an adverse effect on my gardening efforts. I now choose to stay inside when it's too hot, it's too cold, there are too many bees, there are too many mosquitoes, etc., etc.
