Reminiscing the importance of this date in days gone by, - Charles' parents wedding anniversary......
Special fond remembrances of Granny's beautiful peony beds and the heritage sweet peas we still grow in our own garden and distribute seeds to others in the family. I am considering a little box of these precious seeds in everyone's Christmas parcel.
When I came home from town today Charles was busy harvesting the sweet pea seeds, putting them
in a barrel to give them plenty of room to pop open all by themselves.
Last night David sent spectacular pictures of the meadow, well advanced into fall
with the trees all the beautiful shades of Autumn.
Not so here, - I noticed this morning a dozen scarlet leaves had blown to the ground from
the scarlet maple and down at the bottom of the pasture the leaves on
the sumac are beginning to change into fall attire, but
the garden is not so flagrant. The changes are subtle, - the sunflowers are mostly
round seeded heads and the sedum glows in the sunshine, but is a softer, mellower shade
when the autumn clouds gather.
The star of the garden right now are the two grocery store miniature roses that
are putting on a fabulous show, - covered with beautiful buds and blooms
that just go on and on and on.....seen directly below
The remains of summer and the beginnings of Autumn.
The Chrysanthemum are not yet in bloom so, barring a heavy frost, we should have
brightness and beauty in the garden until the end of October
Many things grow in the garden that were never sown there - for instance,
here are the fruits of the Chinese Lantern that arrive by underground railway,
and are now hanging to dry on the deck, in all their glowing beauty.
It is good to be alone in a garden at dawn or dusk so that all its shy presences may haunt you and possess you in a reverie of suspended thought. James Douglas
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