INVITATION

It rains, and rains, the whole day. Looking out of the office window, to the streets below, everything was gray, everything was like the endless winter days, gloomy and dreary. Summer, short and warm, is coming to its end. The sage is blooming, small pink flowers, and fragrant leaves...delicate and lovely. Oregano's brackets have turned pink, her flowers almost gone, but bees and hover-flies still come. She is growing a few new branches from the root. A sad day, said goodbye to Dhi. It is about time for her to leave, but still... We were once so close, but our differences drew us apart. Tears filled my eyes when I gave her the goodbye hug. Her eyes were red too. She is ready to write the final chapter of her life, a full and meaningful life.

A Blue jay flew over and stopped on top of the grape vine stakes. She had a peanut in her mouth. Something must have alerted her, shortly after she flew to the top of the bushes. She hid the peanut in the bush and flew away quickly. Two crows appeared. They were after her food. They checked the spot the blue jay used to be, digging their beaks in the bush. It didn't take long for one of them to find the peanut. They triumphantly took it away. I watched all these from my balcony, amused by the drama in the animal world. Now I know who buried the peanut in my flower pot. Of course it was a Blue jay. I am used to the humming of bees now, who frequent Kent Beauty everyday. They just can't keep themselves away from her fragrant brackets. Asylums and Veronica blue carpet flowers attract bees too. English lavender is in full bloom. The flowers are lightly scented, not as strong as the leaves. I just love to smell them. I bought a perennial sage Orchid Glow. So far it is still tr...