Tuesday, October 25, 2011

In Bloom

 

Another fall gold...
drooping fairy-like blooms
over my neighbor's fence.
Brugmansia (Angel Trumpet)

Thursday, October 20, 2011

In Bloom...

at the backdoor
and drifting in the windows:
Tea Olive (Osmanthus fragrans)

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

6:43 Wednesday Evenings

I pass this captivating display of Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia) on my way to the studio for art classes each week...always wondering what it might be like to sleep and eat with an emerald bower twining around me. Next door, these glorious zinnias finally forced me to pull over, take some photographs, and chat with the gracious lady who planted a little spot of joy for all who pass.



Monday, October 10, 2011

Garden Run Amuck

No time for weeding, watering, or fresh plantings.
No time for dark, rich compost
or even a cursory spray of fertilizer.
No time for dead-heading, pinching back, and pruning.  
 But there it is anyway.
A garden bursting with life and loveliness.
Surprise feathery, crimson vines running rampant,
50th anniversary black-eyed Susans proliferating,
fall asters remembering to bloom,
and the lavender...floating like a balm upon the fall air.

Help me to see the extravagant beauty
in the untended garden of my life.
Lift the veil and turn my mind from
 “inconvenient interruption”
 to
 opportunity, blessing, and grace.