Happy New Year!

 

 

May to December

 Dear Friends,

A long absence, since April. I am sad for the old days, gone, and fear the new looming days, worry about what's coming round the bend ahead. Sad for the state of the world. But cats and flowers are always a good respite - for sanity - for hope. So - what follows is an overview from now back to May - it was not all bad:

Ginja blends in - or so he thinks!

Frost works some magic on Hydrangea leaves.

Tristan the White loves the garden in the summer!

Pray for our wee fragile Zena, recently had a stroke,
but is recovering well - even managing to go upstairs!

Only one ONE hibiscus - boo-hoo. But it was huge!

Ringo Rose, new this year - changes colours!

Dahlia Smoked Amethyst

New: Italian Iced Rose - seems to glow from within!

Kobi - king of the jungle!

Always the first daylily to bloom -
very early in late May into early June:
Middendorfii

 

The Great Mandala

So I told him that he'd better shut his mouth
And do his job like a man.
And he answered "Listen, Father,
I will never kill another."
He thinks he's better
than his brother that died
What the hell does he think he's doing
To his father who brought him up right?

Take your place on The Great Mandala
As it moves through your brief moment of time.
Win or lose now you must choose now
And if you lose you're only losing your life.

Tell the jailer not to bother
With his meal of bread and water today.
He is fasting 'til the killing's over
He's a martyr, he thinks he's a prophet.
But he's a coward, he's just playing a game
He can't do it, he can't change it
It's been going on for ten thousand years

Tell the people they are safe now
Hunger stopped him, he lies still in his cell.
Death has gagged his accusations

We are free now, we can kill now,
We can hate now, now we can end the world
We're not guilty, he was crazy
And it's been going on for ten thousand years!

Take your place on The Great Mandala
As it moves through your brief moment of time.
Win or lose now you must choose now
And if you lose you've only wasted your life.

Source: LyricFind

Songwriters: Albert B. Grossman / Mary Allin Travers / Peter Yarrow

The Great Mandala (Wheel of Life) lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozX0KazFoDk

Frosty New Year, and a Storm Looms

 Meanwhile, 

Beautiful Amaryllis

Festive and lightly fragrant
Paperwhites Narcissus "Inbal"
are a great alternative to those who find "Ziva"
overpowering in fragrance.
So happy to have found them, as Cat Wrangler 
was finding Ziva nauseating,
threatening to banish them to the basement LOL!

Winter blossoms to feed the gardener's soul.

Happy New Year,
with Good Health above all!