This morning I was thinking about how time moves through my life.\u00a0 Like my mother, I mark the passage of time by what is blooming outside my windows.\u00a0 I’m positive that I could find an entry in my blog archives for the day each year when I noticed that the squill leaves had appeared, or the squill was in bloom.<\/p>\n
Mother was very aware of the quality of light, and I am aware of the change of the angle of light.\u00a0 I’m going to have to adjust my summer habits so that I can work in the studio very early in the morning, when the best light of the day comes in the east window.<\/p>\n
The Ice Follies daffodils have been fabulous this year.\u00a0 The weather has cooperated for the first time in a number of years to give a longer period of cool temps which those daffodils prefer.\u00a0 Today I noticed that the Darwin Hybrid tulips were in full bloom and I believe the star magnolia will open tomorrow.<\/p>\n
I’m going to cut daffodils for the kitchen counter.\u00a0 I have so many different types of blooms that I should be able to have a continuous decoration for the next several weeks.<\/p>\n
The gold finches have returned!\u00a0 I saw both a male and a female waiting their turns at the feeder.\u00a0 It won’t be long before we have crowds of them.\u00a0 I’ll have to top off the finch feeder with nyger seed.<\/p>\n
The chives are up, and I can see green at the base of the mounds of oregano and in the thyme.\u00a0 The Lamb’s Ears are greening up, and I have day lily and purple cone flower leaves.\u00a0 It’s time to return St. Francis to the herb garden.<\/p>\n
I know that there are people who would find my life dull, but I love the constancy, and knowing what to anticipate.\u00a0 A few more weeks and the peonies and iris will be decorating the gardens, my favorite time of year.\u00a0 This is my own little bit of heaven.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This morning I was thinking about how time moves through my life.\u00a0 Like my mother, I mark the passage of time by what is blooming outside my windows.\u00a0 I’m positive that I could find an entry in my blog archives … Continue reading