Simply Balisha

Simply Balisha

Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Patience, Balisha

Spring blooms are fleeting. One day the Magnolia is beautiful and the next the petals are on the ground. The Redbud in my backyard is the same. I looked out to the woods late yesterday, and saw that the beautiful little tree was starting to loose it's blooms. So, I went out to capture a picture of it...before it was too late.
I've noticed that the blooming trees aren't quite as full as last year. Maybe the after effects of our harsh winter. I have to admit to being wrong about something....my roses are starting to put out new growth. I thought that they had died, and I was told to be patient...maybe they would come. This is true for my big sage plant. Who would have thought that these would be a month late? I was in such a hurry to tidy up....that I didn't really give these plants time to grow this year. I'm so glad that I wasn't strong enough to dig them out of the ground. I just left the base of the plants...thinking that they would be covered with my ground cover planting.
This reminds me of real life. How many times do we need patience when dealing with an (what we think) unsolvable problem? How many times are we told to just wait and see what happens? It's hard to wait...we want things in an instant in this very fast world. We need to just relax and wait....I'm a pretty patient person, but sometimes I need to listen to my own words.
Here's my littlest Angel. She is about to be overcome with Hostas. Her little garden was full last year, and this year it needs some thinning out. These Hostas will get a lot bigger...she looks nice standing there this morning, but by the next month she will have to be moved. Do you move garden ornaments, planters etc around during the growing season? I am forever moving things. When a particular planter looks pretty...it comes out into the front of the garden. When it starts to look shabby...I move something else in it's place. Sometimes a planter just needs to have a change of position with the sun to recuperate from the heat. A little rest in the shade does us all some good.
I'm thinking about when I work in the yard...I need a little respite from the heat and head for the front porch...where comfortable chairs and a cool drink are waiting. We need to make our containers comfortable and give them a cool drink on a hot day.
Well, hot days will be here soon. We've just had a little taste of heat and now it's cool again. I'm going to be patient :) and just wait for the heat....it will come soon enough.
Balisha

13 comments:

  1. Thanks for reminding me I need to have patience with the garden this spring. My black eyed susans are not coming up yet and I have been discouraged they died over the winter - but they are most likey just late - I hope :-)

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    1. My Susans are up...but just up. I think that everything is late this year. Did your wildflower seeding work? I can't see that mine did.

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  2. I have this same angel.
    It was my mother's
    during my move
    one wing broke
    but love my little one wing angel so much.
    Always reminds me of my mother's garden in years past.
    Just returned from grocery
    so very hot - 90 on the deck.
    Rain tomorrow and cooler
    Take care...

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    1. As I sit here in my layers....I think of you in the heat. We had that yesterday, but today back in the chill. I just glanced at Cape Cod Kitty's comment...it seems that this is a popular little angel. I think she is so sweet. I had her back by the woods, but brought her up to the house, so I could enjoy her.

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  3. I have that very same angel in my garden, Balisha. A dear friend gave it to me when my mother died. Yours looks lovely in with those lush hostas. Soon enough it will be warm. We are still having such cold days here, too.

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    1. What a treasure you have there. I love things in the garden that remind me of someone. Soon, we all will have warmer weather.

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  5. Your angel is very sweet. I move items around too. Seems like the natural thing to do.

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  6. She also asked me the same thing, Balisha. I hope she is legitimate and not a spam or worse.

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  7. The harsh winter has taken a toll on my flowering shrubs. My Forsythia did not bloom, but it is alive with green leaves. My beautiful Lilacs have very few blooms and the Privet hedge on the east side of my house looks dead! It all makes me feel very sad--so I compensated by adding a couple more container plantings of annuals. Patience? I've never had it until now. It is not something I have tried and found, it seems to have been forced on me as I grow older.

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  8. Your gardens are already beautiful, Balisha. My rhododendron bushes look particularly embattled this year. Like you, I will be patient and wait to see if they rebound.

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  9. My roses are just putting out new growth, too, Balisha. Everything is late this year - and that terrible winter left its mark, for sure!

    xo
    Claudia

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    1. I've never seen a year like this. Must be the climate change....that so many are worrying about.

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