Montpelier high school dried roses

during my bed rest (three darn months) I got a delivery of flowers & an amazing letter from my graduating class of 1988. The letter included blew my mind so much, that I didn’t want to lose the flowers. After a two days, i took the roses from the bouquet to dry them. I am…

he holds my flowers

i took my ridiculous, but necessary, walker outside to see my gardens. I’d been outside only one other time since June 24th & saw that without my attention, things went to crap. kinda like my hip bones. however, today was a small victory. I cut my own flowers, that means my bones have knitted themselves…

how does your garden fade

this morning was cold (for Alabama) this morning. This pepper is from last fall, but I cant wait for our leaves & veggies to change colors. Right now, we’ve had little rain, our leaves are fading to yellow & falling far faster then they should.

a thousand suns

Birmingham Botanical Gardens this past spring. photo by Maggie