Changes in the Woods

The Woods, by Balisha 2009 after my brain surgery.

The woods were calling me one day..
The breeze was whispering to say.
Come back Balisha sit a while..
We want to see your happy smile.
I told the woods with such dismay..
We'd have to wait another day.
Till I am stronger and more fit..
To make the walk and then to sit.
The flowers nodded to me then..
The branches in the trees did bend.
The breeze blew soft at my reply..
I looked from far away and spied..
A teardrop welled up in my eye.
I love the woods.. oh I admit..
The bench is waiting for me to sit.

The wooded area is changing. With no care from me this year, other than planting a couple of bushes and two giant hostas, I can see the difference. When I used to work there, I trimmed branches up... above my head...so that I could work there without branches poking me in the eye. With little or no care from me....they have all filled in and the canopy is lower.....almost touching the ground in places.

 I planted wild flower seeds along the front border last fall and in these pictures you can see some of the results. I wasn't going to do that this year, but I've since changed my mind. I'll do it one more year and hopefully more flowers will appear. I know that some take two years to bloom...so maybe next year I'll see some more flowers.

 So far, I've seen phlox, black eyed susans, coreopsis, rudbekia, and lots of wild asters.

 I have to be so careful when weed whacking the border that I don't cut down some of the flowers.

 These yellow flowers are pretty much where the nepeta is planted. I didn't get the blue nepeta in this picture...but it's a pretty combination.

 Here you see the leaves of a little redbud tree that is just starting out.A hosta is hidden in the leaves and some coneflowers and phlox are crowding in.

 My statue of St Fiacre (the patron saint of gardening) is under a little maple, planted by me. It will have red leaves in the fall.

 More fragrant phlox and flea bane in this picture. I'm hoping that the phlox will multiply.

The cone flowers are both pink and white. I love the pink ones, but not so much the white ones.

All in all, I am pleased with the progress here. I think that I may trim away some of the green growth hanging down in the front. Things will show up better and the more sun I have there the better things will grow.

I have some other pictures for another post. I just looked back at how this all looked a few years ago and can't believe the changes.

Later....

Balisha