I'm enjoying this Lively book about an 80-year old garden writer's experiences, garden history, fads, and thoughts. She basically likes to get down in the soil, but misses it due to aging issues like knees that don't work. I have the same feeling, but can still get down on a gardener's knee pad to do the "green thinking" that she describes so well. It's not quite meditation because you can fill your mind with plant selection, insect pest solutions, past successes and failures and future plans. The activity outdoors, though, never fails to ultimately clear your mind and bring on the green thinking of a garden mediation.
What I'm green thinking about today:
Success: first bloom from the blue balloon flower.
And a first day lily--but what's the matter with the petals?
Oh, a beetle! Not sure that it's a Japanese beetle.
Not metallic shiny enough...
I'll need to watch this plant.
I love the coneflower petals just unfurling.
They seem to be late in comparison to others around the neighborhood.
The daisies are blooming too.
I love the contrast against the deep shade below and beyond.
They'll need to be divided next year because they are too close to the A/C unit which had critters living in it this spring.
William's tree will be 10 years old this month.
It was just a sapling from Sara's tree in Wallingford.
And what are the fairies doing today?
The past, the future, the present, the successes, the failures, the solutions.
Fantasy, reality, color, light, texture.
Memories, magic and moments.
Green thinking and total relaxation!
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