The first day of autumn is September 22, 2026. And I can't wait! I love the noticeable changes: cooler temperatures prevail, days become shorter and I can once again rummage through my closet in search of favorite sweaters. The leaves of trees begin changing colors from green to lovely autumn shades of deep red, burnt…
Last Summer Days
I will hold on to warm days in the garden. Days of gentle breezes. Days with skies that hold the earth in a pallet of azure shades. Days when garden shadows play hide and seek between glints of light on flowering trees. Days in the garden witnessing the wonders of succession of bloom. When one…
“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…