From the monthly archives:

September 2001

Just A Garden Walk Through

September 9, 2001

I did a walk-through only in the garden this evening, too weak today to do much more than that. It’s so hard to see the weeds and be forbidden via Doctor’s Order to pull them. Grrr. This water hyacinth that Carol brought for us on the day of our summer party is blooming so prettily! [...]

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Almost Fall

September 8, 2001

The garden right now is absolutely gorgeous. Fall is so close. My burning bushes are turning, and the trees around the house are just starting. Peak time for us for fall color is usually the first weekend in October, which I realized today is not really that far away. Fall feels like Mother Nature’s reward [...]

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Window box update

September 4, 2001

I managed to hobble around the window boxes trying to dead head the annuals for about 30 minutes today. Didn’t get very far, but I loved being out there. The boxes were dry, but I wasn’t strong enough to manage a hose as well, and Frank has 3,000 extra chores to do in the house [...]

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Starting September

September 1, 2001

The calendar says September, but it still feels like high summer out in the garden. Lots and lots of yellow flowers in bloom. I’m not able to do anything after my surgery, yet. Really, I can hardly walk unaided. I was feeling quite a bit of post-surgery depression or something, and just walking around with [...]

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