Quiet moments in Summer gardens…

So many reminders of invisible webs supporting each healthy bloom… beneficial insects, companion plants, soil, sun, rain, and caring humans who intentionally select plants appropriate to local ecology and in extreme weather (heat) give special attention, gardening at night and watering before dawn.

I sold my home gardens so relied on other growers this year. By fall I had learned to appreciate the luxury of free time for direct connections with good people in their gardens and at their growing edges. Without a camera between us all the time, I gathered arms full of their cut flowers.

Young farmers hard work and beautiful results also provided colorful turn in my creative direction into Winter once again.