Valentine’s: February 2024 Week 3

The Big Day has come and gone, yet my love for you still grows like an uncontrollable weed in a neglected garden. Like a pair of mismatched garden gloves, we are just meant to be together. Your love is the water that nourishes my soul, and your laughter is the warm sunshine that brightens my days. Our love blooms like a rare, exotic flower in the midst of a mundane garden. So, my dear, let’s embrace our thorny moments and weed out the negativity. With you, I’ve found my perfect perennial, and together we’ll cultivate a love that will last through every season.

So, with that in the back of my mind throughout the year ahead, let’s get back to reality basics with a few garden items of interest this week.

Perspective

Daffodils in this photograph were hither and thither last week until I rearranged them to emphasise perspective. They’ll be gone in a short while, but Valentine’s Day is every day.

Butt

Rainwater is vital to me. It sustains life and must not be wasted. Love is the same. For most of us, it comes packaged with awkward edges neatly in the form of a very special person. We can draw from the ‘Well of Care’ deep within. Love must not be allowed to escape. It can be stored within and put on open display every day, not just when cultural norms dictate for a day. Let it overflow!

Seedlings

Last Monday in the glasshouse, the temperature was still low and the sun has only melted the frosted panes on one side. So, to help the baby seedlings I angled them to get the most from the sun. We all need a bit of extra heat to thrive. It’s not just for the 14th. Everything before and after brings out the best in my baby.

Hellebore

No roses for me, thank you. But if any reader would like to send me a Hellebore or more, I’d be yours forever. A few weeks ago I cut back last year’s leaves to allow more light to the emerging flowers. Similarly with love, it’s a good idea to cut back last year’s dross in order for fresh inspiration to enter our lives.

False Spirea

A gift from my good neighbour last year. It arrived a few weeks after Valentine’ Day but I do not disregard the intention. Already I’ve two slips growing in the nursery bed. It’s a False Spirea, officially Sorbaria sorbifolia ‘Sem’

Big Picture

When taking this photograph, I saw only the garden and its plants. But now that I see it again it’s the sky that grabs my attention. Sunset will approach 6pm very soon. Indeed the days are longer at both ends. It’s the perfect time of the year to celebrate love.

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