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| Easy Does It is in the middle. Paradise is on the right. Veterans Honor is on the left. A Lincoln Town Car is below to provide a perfect white background |
Thanks to heavy rains, the Rose Garden has become a prime location for garden color and fragrance. Suddenly, as if I did not water, weed, and chop in the garden, the desired results are impossible to ignore:
- Butterflies float through flowers and pause on their favorites, especially Joe Pye;
- Mints provide landing zones for beneficial insects;
- Roses bloom faster than I can prune them;
- Hummingbirds fight over territory, providing endless and spectacular air maneuvers;
- Bees currently work over the flowering garlic (allium) and other blooms;
- Birds drop to the ground for bugs and worms while hawks sometimes scream above, as if wanting to scare their food away.
Almost all the work is done by the instruments of Creation. Random actions are infinite but they appear orderly. Roots and falling plant debris constantly improve the soil, especially because a host of soil creatures make their living by consuming organic material and becoming organic remains.
Every so often a gardener will wonder, "How did that happen?" A long-lost plant grows up and blooms, or a creature creates a home in the bushes. The Lord of Creation organized and engineered all these marvels.
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| California Dreamin was flanked by ivy in the shade of the patio. |
