Zen and Now

One of the really beautiful gardens that prompted me to buy this house is the Zen garden, full of cobbled stones. Of course, there is nothing Zen about taking care of it, and every year I have the spring fling, flinging weeds that is. This year, it took me on and off 4 days to get it cleared out (and there is still work to be done). Whoever lived here before us loved gardens as much as we do, but I think they must have had more time than us to keep everything clean. However, once the Zen garden has been cleaned out, it really does bring a peaceful aura to the evening if you are sitting on the porch.

And as is always the case in spring, the flowers are beginning to bloom. My peony is open and wafting its scent across the yard. I need to plant more of these...

And last for today, is the Japanese Iris. My good friend from Vermont, Glenn, gave me these several years back, and now I have them in two gardens and need to split them into some more gardens. While short lived like all the Iris, I love their beauty.