As some of you know already, I´ve been
laid up for the past few weeks after I put my back out and I find it
hard to sit at the computer for any length of time. It looks as if a
stay in the orthopaedic clinic is on the cards for the new year. In
the meantime I´ve been trying to keep my spirits up which isn´t
always easy when the sky is leaden and my beloved garden is
slumbering under several feet of snow and summer seems so far away.
It´s then that I´m glad that I kept a record of how it looked when
everything was blooming under a bluer sky.
Last spring Diane sent me a packet of
sunflower seeds little knowing how much pleasure they would
eventually give, not only to me, but also to some of the creatures
which visit my garden. Most of the sunflowers “only” reached a
height of about 6 feet but the ones I sowed in the fertile soil of my
vegetable garden grew to an enormous height and seemed intent on
proving that everything from Texas is bigger than elsewhere. Here´s
a photo I took of them towering above my garden shed.
And this is a page I made using the
Nature Notes freebie QP to remember them by on a dismal dreary day
when winter seems unending.
Journalling: “Sunflowers are a feast
for everyone. In summer I feast my eyes on them while the bees and
hover flies feast on their nectar. In autumn the sight of the birds
feasting on their seeds gladdens my heart and makes me less sad to
think that summer is over.”
The photo of the finch was a lucky shot
taken through the screen on my kitchen window which is why it´s not
as clear as it might be.
If you´d like to have the freebie QP,
you´ll find it
here.
Thanks again, Lajuana, for helping to
make the blog look festive with A Christmas Carol...and if I´m not
around for a while, I´m sure you´ll understand why.
