LOVELY THINGS

"A garden to walk in and immensity to dream in....what more could you ask?" -Victor Hugo

Cat Plants abound. Rona and Sweet Simon from the hill. Taking turns. I have not planted in that flowerpot  for years and years.......Especially since the cat plants thrive in it.

Our resident raccoon.

Columbine. Dark and lovely.

"A garden isn't meant to be useful. It's for joy." 

                                            - Rumer Godden

And then there's Cordelia, from the hill, who's been coming here for 10 years......peeks out from the trees. Beautiful ,faithful visitor.

"Every wild yard is wild in its own way." -Richard  Powers

Abraham Lincoln Rose.  The blooms grow as big as your hand.

Fuchsia. Ready to blossom.

The Peace rose. Dormant for a year, but back in full bloom this year.

"The gardens were brilliant with summer magic..."

                                -Lisa Kleypas

And who hasn't repurposed a  toilet for the greenhouse.....along with tomatoes.

Rain. Rain. Rain....

If not being a cat plant, Rona, from next door,  plops himself in the flowers....

"Faeries are known to be tenders of gardens....."

                              -Elizabeth Eiler

The roses just starting. Some did not bloom last year. But they're back......

Pots and pots and pots and pots of flowers.

Water basins  for the faeries............

Strawberries for the deer. Clematis for the bees to sleep in.....

"Both of them loved the earth, and the things that grew in it..." -Lailah Gifty Akita

And Spencer, the Original Cat Plant, who has been coming here about nine years. Still sleeps in the flower pot that is never planted...........