My Grama's Soul

Well.....springtime is finally here in this part of the country....just mild days....and cool, cool nights.  Here is a shot of my first Iris of the season.  I have them in my  beds with my roses and Lavender. I am always amazed at how they spread all by themselves.  This is the kind of gardening I like "volunteer gardening" is what I call it.  I only have purple Iris....but when they all bloom...it does take your breath away. In closing today...wanted to show you a small photograph that was purchased in Ganges on Salt Spring Island...many years ago.  It is from the Lumina Gallery there....don't know if they are still around...but this piece struck me even then. Isn't it amazing how everyone sees things so differently.  I loved the treatment of this Iris...and I'm sorry can't remember the artist's name.  Do any of my Canadian followers know who this is....it was a beautiful woman with such a distinctive style all her...

I don't think any flower on the planet gives your nose an AEROBIC workout like the gardenia. When we planned our landscape many years ago...I indicated that I wanted fragrance in my courtyard....so I HAVE FRAGRANCE!!LOL Every year at this time this little bush puts out flowers by the boatload and I cut blossoms and bring them in. My house smells heavenly!! I have little vases all over the house.. and each time I come in their aroma takes me back in time to a sweet high school memory. I sort of faded into the woodwork in high school...you know...bad skin, hair that was never the way I wanted and really average clothes.  I knew that I would not make it with my looks so I relied on humor to get me through.  It worked for getting friends....BUT NOT DATES!! Fast forward to the SweetHeart Dance...you know...girl asks boy.  I had a crush on a Senior, Dwight Farley....I was a lowly freshman...and to make matters worse...he has a beautiful girlfriend...altho....at the t...