Tag: gardening
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June!
A morning of sun and cloud, showers and blue sky. It’s June and purple is strewn across the landscape. Irises and a host of flowering bushes flood the world with hues of red, blue, and combinations thereof. It is a feast, brief and lush. Here on the coast most days remain chilly and damp. Yesterday…
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After the Storm
Bright sun welcomed us this morning. Now the sky is alive, alternating cloud and sun; suddenly overcast, then deep, rich, blue. It is hardly the quiet after the storm, the west wind howling past and bending the trees as far over as they will go. We received about an inch of welcome rain overnight; the…
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A Leisurely Autumn
A blustery, warm day. We had showers earlier and now the sky is a mix of cloud and radiant blue, the proportions changing moment to moment. The wind has picked up and at times the gusts rising out of the west shove the trees heavily towards my right. Autumn proceeds at a leisurely pace here,…
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“Not All That is Imperilled”
“Not all that is imperilled is lost.” JRR Tolkien Its afternoon on a Wednesday, a mid-week day that for whatever reason seems as though it should be Thursday. That has been so all week, so I wonder how tomorrow will feel when it is actually Thursday. Here in New England the drought drags on, with…
