In an attempt to keep hands and nails intact in the weeks prior to the wedding, Margaret had avoided doing any serious gardening. (And it showed!) A few minutes tidying the plants in our front entry-way were followed by an hour or so trimming a couple of the shrubs and unearthing some rocks that had gotten buried around our mini-rock garden. There's so much more to do, but at least a dent was made. It was great to see calla, statis (sea lavender) and the variegated leaf coral bells all blooming, despite being neglected!
Then we turned our attention to what we call our "Serenity Garden". In fact, it's just a small area that we carved out of a tangle of ground honey-suckle and ivy in a bed next to our condo; not very pretty to look at out our skinny kitchen window. Some weeding, some raking, and four bags of fresh wood mulch made that little pie-shaped "plot" with the enormous orange blooming clivia look loved again. We have a bird feeder just on the edge of the lawn outside that window that provides great entertainment.
On the window ledge there is a duck decoy... Last night, our friends Chuck and Christine arrived with it, boxed and beautifully wrapped. They've had that decoy for years, but it seems they'd decided that when we got married it should come live at our house! Next to it, in the clear vase, is the ivy that was in our table bouquet at the wedding. Hopefully it will root and will be a living reminder of that beautiful spray of flowers and of our special day.
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