To the Adirondacks and back...

We've had a fabulous short break up at Long Lake in the Adirondacks staying with our good friends Ed and Beck. I had great fun jet skiing and Judy went out into the lake on the kayak for a while.

Back home the new grass is just about showing like a new beard after a heavy shave and the birds are as mad as ever. Huge flocks of sparrows rushing around from bush to bush.
We thought our plants would be rabbit proof, but the little devils have eaten an evening primrose plant and nibbled away at the rudbeckia...

The other evening this spectacular cloudscape opened up to the South.

Nicholas

The little baby rabbits are actually quite adorable...this little one seems to think our garden is its personal jungle gym
...it was hopping all over the walls surrounding the fire pit, rolling in the compost beneath the birch tree, sniffing at the newest plants and then, it paused on the large step on the path...

What a privilege to live so very close to the natural world. Every day there is something new to see, to hear, to smell, to touch...as we created the garden, we cleared a lot of old and leggy honeysuckle and now, to our delight...dozens of large, established flowers are beginning to blossom, the tall, paler pink, in the distance,  is one called "Joe Pie Weed". It is native to Central NY, incredibly beautiful and a magnet for bees and butterflies...

There is a wonderful local nursery specializing in native plants, I went today to purchase another butterfly bush, some red bee balm, coreopsis, sedum, grape-leaf anemone, and a number of others...it was such joy for me and when I look back at the first days of the garden...I am, as I always am...amazed...

Here it was on July 6th...

And, above...less than one month later...I am reminded of how astonishing growth is, how quickly it happens and how important it is to pay attention...

Isn't life beautiful...
Judy