Garden Life

It's summer and the days string lazily together--perfect, mild, and bright. This morning I was all ambitious--I already have my word count for the day and have been outside consulting on the big hedge pruning with the wonderful Mr. Bill, who agreed to reshape it again this year.

I actually got outside before the sun faded all the color on the big deck to snap a picture of one of the annual boxes. These are the only annuals I grow and never the same from one year to the next but I'm delighted with this year's combination. The petunias, alysum, and heliotrope are wonderfully fragrant.