What chore do you find the most challenging to do?
Bloganuary Prompt for January 12, 2023
small steps
one day at a time
sparrows in the yard
Hope to work more in the yard this year, at the pace that is right for my health now. Began again last year, with some work and an old chair for rest. Careful about the sun, and I wear sunglasses. Our gardens are mostly perennials. These are good years.
Garden Journal
July 20, 2022
Photo by Karl
Garden Journal
July 20, 2022
Photo by Karl
It is interesting to look through the archives, and see how consistent the gardens are in general. Years can vary, with rain, for example. The plants that grow now have lasted through seasons, years, decades.
I am grateful to know that when the hosta bloom, there will be more hummingbirds. And I remember the bees and goldenrod last year – we let the goldenrod fill a space in a garden by the windows in the sunroom.
For all the changes, there is new growth as hardy perennials return every year. The ferns are growing so well, in an area by the cedar fence that has seen other losses. There is a lot to learn from the gardens.
Photos by Karl – June 2020
Photo by Karl – November 5, 2016
early October
simple Saturday lunch
and open windows
Garden Journal
October 9, 2018
Photos by Karl
breakfast and a view
of the gardens
work at the kitchen sink
and by the window
words as I look outside
“green garden rain”
daylilies begin to form
their flowers
peonies in the area
bow to needed rain
beautiful gardens
in all their growth
and changes
over time
Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin 