A Story
Masterpiece
Doom and gloom, woe and worry, darkness and dread.
Still the sun was coming up in the morning. At least, Monica believed it was somewhere behind the clouds. The air was still puffing breezily. Water was sparkling out of the taps.
Time for a little art. Monica lay on the couch and pondered different colour schemes. Yup, we'll start with brown. Maybe a little beige. Always good to have bright light for a project.
The creative process takes time so this would be a gradually evolving endeavour.
She mixed the brown with water, dotted it with beige. Quite abstract really.
Green was added a few days later. Paisley shapes evolved.
Finally, after a few months of intriguing effort the masterpiece was revealed.
Tomatoes: yellow, red, dark purple, orange ranging from the size of a grape to the size of a softball. Some were smooth, some wrinkled, some striped. Some were pear-shaped, some were flattish, some bulging out in all directions. The tomato patch was a glorious expression of wild abandoned growth with a promise of delectable tastes.
"Ah," sighed Monica. "Life is good."
A charming pot of tete-a-tete daffodils. What a welcome sight in early March. These little cuties grow to 6-8" inches tall and have one to three flowers on each blooming stalk. Like any daffodil, in the garden they like to grow in a situation that gets lots of sun in the spring but can tolerate shade later in the season. I will be planting these out in the garden when the soil is workable. They may not bloom again next year but should be revived enough to bloom the following year. A little bulb fertilizer will help. Daffodils are great in areas where squirrels and chipmunks have a taste for certain spring bulbs like crocuses. The animals never eat the daffodils.
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