Tuesday, April 11, 2017

I Come to the Garden

"Though a life of retreat offers various joys, 
none, I think, will compare with the time one employs
in the study of herbs, or in striving to gain 
some practical knowledge of nature's domain. 
Get a garden! What kind you get matters not." 

Walafrid-Strabo, Hortulus, 
Latin Manuscript, Ninth Century  
from A Monastic Year, Brother Victor-Antoine D'Avila-Latourrette        
   
Bee and Borage, San Leandro, April, 2017   
I did indeed work in my garden this afternoon. Alas, my garden is not quite as composed as my neighbor's.  I have been pausing by her front garden for years, and I am grateful. 

      
   

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