Bumper crop of grapes this year, and I’ve allowed them full access to the peach trees which are due to be cut down since they’re way out of hand and that’s my fault for not tending them properly the last couple of years. But this year’s crop may go to jelly and juice instead of wine.
Then there’s the garden flowers, the poppies are the first ones to bloom. these are not very big, and they cannot be picked for bouquets since they rarely bloom longer than for the day before their petals, shiny and bright as the buttercup’s, fall quickly.
Did the gardening before the day turned humid. Now’s the time to read, learn, and write.
The Lost Children: A Charity Anthology