"No worries", I told my husband when we moved into our new home. "There's plenty of room for my gardening paraphernalia in this garage." I claimed a corner, and added some old crates; eventually those crates were buried under a varied amount of essential necessities for work in the garden: hand trowels, pruning shears, an…
“If you have a Garden and a Library, you have everything you need.” ~Marcus Tullius Cicero
Our mild winter ended when biting cold temperatures caught a ride on gusty winds and held fast. Yes. Winter is here. Cocooned, safe from the elements. Enjoying the solitude winter brings. My garden sleeps except for the beautiful Hellebores blooming in the depths of winter. I sit in my sunroom overlooking one of my favorite…
“The love of gardening is a seed once sown that never dies.” ~ Gertrude Jekyll
Last October I waited in anticipation of a package soon to be delivered. Bulbs. Did I really order 500 of them? Oh my! Allium Purple Sensation, Allium Christophii, Camassia Leichtlinii Alba, Gladiolus Communis Byzantines, and Ornithogalum Ponticum Sochii arrived in cardboard boxes labeled with their names. It felt like a holiday opening the boxes. Large, small and…
September Rain
Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby. ~ Langston Hughes
Late Summer Days
Instructions for living a life: Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it. ~ Mary Oliver
Always the Garden 