We have a window box under our kitchen window. I am sure past owners must have planted lovely flowers there, I imagine the foliage being colorful and cheerful. For a number of reasons I have never planted anything there. The overhang all around our house is four feet deep and anything planted next to our house never gets watered unless I go out and water it. The house siding is board and batten . . . wouldn’t watering something on the house inevitably get the siding wet? Water is not good for wood on the outside of a house.
The earth is a wondrous place—from the colors of the changing seasons to the way the sunlight shines at various angles during the year. The numerous varieties of flowers and plants to the diversity of insects, bugs, and animals is astounding. Beauty and wonder is all around
During October, in the South, the earth begins its yearly process of becoming cold and barren. By December, trees look like bony specters with empty, naked arms reaching out to the sky. Their crunchy, brown leaves lay scattered across the ground. People are bundled in coats, gloves, and hats which inhibit movement. The weight of these heavy fabrics press in on our bodies. We are looking for spring and the freedom of the flowing cotton garments of warmer months
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