This is the angel in my experimental garden. When I was working I would be away from home from 5:30 a.m. until 6:30 or 7:00 p.m. Monday through Friday and the weekends were so precious to me that I wasn’t able to really do any gardening. I kept flowers In pots on the porch and deck so that I could keep them watered, but to actually dig up the ground and put in a flower garden was much too time consuming. We have an herb garden, but once they naturalize there is little maintenance since they grow like weeds.
Now, my dear husband has tilled up an area next to the woods where I have my bird feeders and bird bath and I have planted flower seeds; zinnias, marigolds, bachelor buttons, astors and some spring and fall bulbs and as sort of another type of experiment, blackberry vines.
It gives me great joy to see the results of my efforts and to enjoy the colors of the flowers that are blooming. I did have a few small blackberries, but the birds ate them before they ripened fully. That also gave me joy because while I am in the presence of nature, I feel part of nature and feel that the more I give to the planet, the better it will be.
The Garden Angel is out of focus and I really had to take 4 or 5 shots of her and each one had a green iridescent where my eye only saw shadow. My husband commented that “that’s because she is an angel”. The only way I got the green out was to change the colors with my computer.
So, there you go. Believe what you may, but I believe angels are out there and they help us in many ways, least of which is showing us how to make this a better place to be.
