Rainy days

Today it was cold and rainy I spent the day with my seed packets. Picking out the next great experiment in color. A white garden or a red garden or something in all purple...As I think about it I see the riot of colors of Atlanta's highways planted with wildflowers. I put the white, purple and red into the basket. I then dump all the rest of the colors in what will be will be! Anything too planned looks like that! Too planned! Here's hoping for happy accidents.The crush of color, the wave flower faces as I put my head down on the pillow facing the tv and dream not of movie stars and their dresses but flower faces. In rings...in waves..in things dreamed of. I sit in a field of flowers every color known to god...on a rainy day.

This morning

This morning I pulled on some running clothes and decided today I would work on being healthier. I warmed up with some yoga pulled on my shoes. Walking out I glanced over to my garden still wet with morning dew and a low fog was clinging to the low places in the yard.
So quiet and beautiful! The yellow asian lilies glowed like hazzard lights in the dim light. How often had I gotten up made breakfast chatted ove a cup of coffee when this Miracle was going on mere steps from me? Why hadn't I noticed when I walked to get the paper? This morning was like any other day. We go through our days kind of blind so focused our ordinary world we miss the extrodinary. So tomorrow I will get up pull on my running cloths but this time my plan is to have a look around the garden first. Miracles are waiting for me I just have to pay attention.

Weed and feed

News! The blue flowers in my garden are called Mountin lily! If you read my blog before you will know we don't know what all is in the garden we inherited from the former owner. Every month we've been surprised with little gifts of flowers. Mounds of blue flowers, day lilies and the roses. I've planted three "recovered" rose bushes" we dug them out of the Kudzu of our former garden. We also recovered a Bear's Breeches plant, 4 Blueberry bushes and a Salvia. We don't dare dig in this garden til we know whats there but we've tilled a vegitable garden much to our Azeala living rabbit's delight. We're thinking about fences.
We've applied for a rescue dog. I'm so excited. We were going to adopt or buy a dog but we walked past Pet Smart and there was this beautiful animal. He was a little shy and I think in need of alot of love. Someone told me once animals are like angels they come to you when you need them. I firmly believe that and he needs us too so pray for us. So y'all may be getting alot of pictures of a big ole furry dog named Ruddy.

Peat pots are the best thing in the world for getting an early start on plants. Put them in plastic trays and put them outside with your heritage tomato seeds or delicate little herbs. Bring them in when it's cold or too hot or just looks bad. Best thing you can plant the whole thing no struggling to take them out of the pot! These little pots dry out easy so keep their feet in a plastic tray with plenty of water. I have purple basil in mine and a recipe for purple basil lemonade thats sooo delish!This was given to me by my mother-in-law.
2 quarts water in a large glass pitcher, a cup of slenda ( or a cup of sugar) and two large lemons juiced about a 1/2 cup of lemon juice, a half cup of purple basil leaves lightly crushed. Combine all the elements and let it sit in the fridge for a couple hours...pour this little perfect sippy into tall glass with crushed ice and a sprig of purple basil. Sit out in the sun in one of those long low chaises, in your sundress with your wide brimmed hat and think moody deep hot sultry southern thoughts.