the garden

June 27th: 3 things

Lucy's latest post
reminded me of an excellent exercise introduced by Claire
and i'm feeling it may be just the ticket for navigating my way back.
As Plutarch puts it, "to record the beautiful, interesting or amusing things
which I encounter every day and would like to share."

i'm aiming for a minimum of once a week.
It may turn out to be all words, or all photos.
Whatever pleases, amuses, and/or adds to the sum total of good things.

So, here goes. Today, it's 3 things and a photo:

October 13th

'Stoneleigh Cherry'
It's the smallest dahlia in this garden
(these images are larger than life-size
the pom poms are slightly smaller than a golf ball)
and it draws me close each and every time.
Growing them in a 24" tall container puts them at eye level.

larger views will pop open if you click on any one

April 25th

snooping around an old rectory garden
a spot of red caught my eye.

click on the photo to see a larger version

May 17th

 

Aquilegia canadensis L.

red columbine
"Rocket" in a Rock

August 8th

the cherry tomatoes love the heat
as long as they get enough water

June 13th

yes, i love a huge, lucious strawberry
as much as the next person (and
gratefully the pick-your-own strawberry farm
down the road now sells freshly picked
baskets of them as well because there is
absolutely no way i would go out in this humidity
to pick them myself. God bless the farmers
and farmer's kids who will and do! and
i gladly pay whatever they ask)

but
these tiny gems--the photo is larger than life,
in reality the fruits are no bigger than
the end of my pinky-- are fabulous! so full of
flavor they never make inside; i just
stand there and eat them as i pick them.
and the fruits keep coming all summer. sadly
the plants do not last long in my garden and
i have to keep replacing them. the humidity
is probably to blame for whatever disease
it is that takes them away.

June 12th

i like wandering around my home town
just to see what i can find.
this was down an alley
just a few feet off the main street.
i love many many things about my
home town
mostly the fact that there are
surprises like this
just when i need them most.

May 7th

here in our county it appears
to be the year of the tulip
they have popped up everywhere.

i spied this little bold and jaunty mob
years ago in virginia.