shadows and light

In the right light, at the right time, everything is extraordinary.  ~Aaron Rose

    Boerner Botanical Gardens,   Milwaukee County

so here in S E Wisconsin, we're sitting on the edge - at that very spot where in just the blink of an eye,  it will be impossible to be anything but Spring.   it thunderstormed last night.    a few sunny days with warmer temperatures and the earth will warm.   and then....all tender growth will spring forth.   

for the past 13 weeks, beginning in the coldest part of wintertime, and ending with the spring rains,  I've been studying to become a Master Gardener.   Every Thursday afternoon between the hours of 1 and 4 p. m.  I was sitting in a classroom at Boerner Botanical Gardens  getting a refresher on botany and soil and turf,  pesticides and rain gardens,  composting and fruit trees.   once I've volunteered 24 hours of support and/or education, my training will be complete.    ever since I was a little girl I've loved plants.   it's a joke amongst my friends that  my favorite thing to do is to sit at the garden's edge and watch my flowers grow.  and though in these "later years" I can be a bit forgetful of some things,  the botanical name of a plant or flower is instantly recalled.     

now leaves are about to unfurl,  seeds will swell in this moist earth, and roots will grow deep to take hold.    then the planter will be filled.

Boerner Botanical Gardens   



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*** this blog disappeared yesterday!  I futzed around, and in trying to get it back, deleted all of the code.
I'm not sure why it's back, or how, because it really ought to all be gone.  but here it is.  A word to the wise - back-up your hard drive and download your template.