Most of the country has experienced
What seems to be the longest winter
In recent memory.
Our winter has been
In and out.
Bitter cold days
Sprinkled into sunny winter glory.
But it simply has not rained.
Fires 100 miles to our west
Attest to our dry fall and winter.
Thankfully it starting raining on a recent Friday night
And continued through Saturday.
Bringing hope to my garden
With each drop.
The Japanese Maple trees
Are sighing with relief.
They leafed out on schedule
Only to be frozen a couple of times.
Creating the saddest looking tree
I’ve seen in a long time.
Now, with this moisture
They have begun the process of
Putting on new leaves.
And things are budding out.
Iris
Allium
Peonies
With their attending ants.
And those stunning Japanese Tree Peonies.
They don’t last long
A few days of bloom and they are gone.
Yet, they are so worth growing.
With these buds
Comes hope
And so it is with gardeners.
Whose spirits have frozen
And thawed
And frozen
And thawed
More times than we can count.
But with the rain comes
Hope.
And gardeners thrive on
Hope.
Gail
In My Garden 