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In Lord of the Rings, one of the hobbits mentioned "second breakfast." This year, we're having second spring. Several of our plants leafed out early, were hit by a freeze, and wilted on their stems. The flower beds seem to be in mourning. So far, I've found:
Columbine (wilted)
Salvia
Cheddar pinks (spreading well!)
Hollyhocks (half wilted)
Phlox
Creeping phlox
Delphinium! (first time I've had it winter over; second try)
Sedum, Autumn Joy (half-wilted)
Something that looks like wild onion, but might be small daffodils?
Stella d'oro lilies
Tulips
The leaves on the Zepherine Drouhin rose bush in the back yard are wilted. The weeping cherry buds opened almost fully, then turned brown on the branch. Usually they go from pink to white, then fall like snowflakes to the ground. This year, the tree weeps brown tears. Its blooms were too soon gone.
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I think of the loss, sorrow, and grieving at Virginia Tech this week. May God comfort those who are mourning.
Further reading: Campus Crusade Students Killed in Massacre
(I was a member of CCC, as a student.)
Myspace page of Lauren McCain
(HT: Christianity Today)
We have the same problem. I was wondering if the trees & bushes will bud out again. Any idea?
ReplyDeleteLori,
ReplyDeleteI think the ones that are half-wilted will make it. I'm not sure about the ones that seem to have no healthy leaves--the rose and the columbine.
I just ran across your blog and really like the title. I have not went out and looked at my little garden. I went out and planted a few little plants - just before the cold snap.
ReplyDeleteMoggy,
ReplyDeleteI like your blog--brings Proverbs to life.
Oh, too bad about all the wilted, frozen plants.
ReplyDeleteI was thinking that death is always unexpected - even when we know its coming.
ReplyDeleteWell, Violet, the daffodils started opening this weekend, and the weeping cherry is leafing out, so things are looking more hopeful.
ReplyDeleteCatez,
Yes, I think it's always kind of a shock to have the spirit leave its mortal home. We seem to identify ourselves so closely with our bodies.
The mother of a child with special needs once made a comment to a friend, "My child's spirit is not retarded!" Somehow, she "got" that separation.
Julana, nice blog. I see you speak about Ohio in several of your posts. I live in Ohio. Are you from this state also? Thanks for stopping by my blog.
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ReplyDeleteJulana,
ReplyDeleteI lost some lovely things too. As a friend said to me on the phone yesterday, "Winter is passive aggressive but spring is RELENTLESS, just like God."
Hi Marci,
ReplyDeleteYes, I'm a Buckeye. :-)
Truevyne,
I like that quote!