And so I did and so I will. I did not curse under my breath that the peafowl have taken bites out the leaves of one group of Trilliums because the purple flowers are still intact and the next clump is all whole and "wakerobins" is a wondrous name for these lovely things. Neither did I see all the dozens of seeded daffodil heads because just beyond them the late Narcissus are calling me to see how much they have increased since last year.
I stood and watched as the lime green fronds of the Manferns quietly uncurled themselves and I felt surprise and wonder as I learnt that the specie Rhododendron, which has kept its flowers hidden for the seven years since our planting, was not white as the books have told me but the palest of pinks and far more beautiful. I sat near the Viburnums and the Michelias and breathed in the scents that were wafting throughout the gardens and I listened to the many different bird songs. "Do we have so many birds busily courting and making their nests?" I mused to myself. "Why didn't someone tell me about it?"
How did that hymn go that we were always singing at role call in school when I was young? It was one of my favourites. Oh, Yes! I remember! "All things Bright and Beautiful. All creatures great and small" I now know exactly what those lyrics mean. I took a moment to learn.
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Oct 11, 1999 4:33 AM
Renie, thank you so much, you know how to please a girl greatly :-]
And why not YOUR garden, doesn't Nature belong to all of us and isn't it such a precious present, that we must all love it and ta ...
-- posted by Gay_Klok
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Oct 9, 1999 5:42 PM
Gay, your garden is breathtaking. What a pleasure to come here, read your articles, and be enchanted by your photographs of your garden. I enjoy it more and more, each time I come by.
Of course, ...
-- posted by Renie_Burghardt
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Oct 7, 1999 4:39 PM
My dear Maggie
The weeds are mot beautiful though some beautiful things become weeds - "thugs" I call them!
One thing you can say with our weeds, they keep us company all year round
We don't ...
-- posted by Gay_Klok
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Oct 7, 1999 3:37 PM
When will we get to smell your garden on the suite? I can just imagine the heady perfumes as you walk around your garden, actually looking at it Gay, instead of seeing only the errant weeds and the p ...
-- posted by MaggieM
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Oct 6, 1999 6:00 AM
Champers is that bubbly alcholic drink that i can never spell correctly LOL - only drink it very correctly
-- posted by Gay_Klok
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