I was working in the garden earlier today and that got me to reminiscing about gardening with my grandmother when I was about 7 years old. She had arthritus, loads of allergies, especially flowers and her head perspired so much that she had to wear a cotton head band and change it several times a day in the summer. She wore special knee pads that my grandfather had fashioned for her and just worked in the garden with all her love pouring out into it.

Her garden had tiger lilies (a favorite of my grandfathers), lilly of the valley (her favorite), and loads of flags (purple iris). I am sure there were many other flowers, but these are the ones I remember best. There was such happiness and love when we worked in the garden together. She left us almost 50 years ago and I still miss her. She was such an inspiration to me. And her garden has influenced my love of flowers. I’ll write more about her another time. For now this is enough.