Well, it would appear that Sir Timothy has, at last, completed building the fortress of rocks around our Fifedom and, so, now it is time to contruct the Fences! (what next?.... a moat?... wait, we sorta DO have a moat....)
The fences will wrap all the way around the front of our property --- and, altho' I'm feeling a bit "fenced in" as he's building them .... actually, they're really cool!
Now I can stand way up at the top of the property - looking out over the valley & creek - and lean against the fence (don't tell Tim!) without fear of losing my footing and tumbling into the rosebrushes and marsh below (believe me, I've done it before...more than once!)
Things are filling in beautifully down at the creek & pond. Our resident nesting Mallards (Frank & Lucy) are with us again this year --- altho' they're sitting on eggs at present so we're not seeing them.
This means that, pretty soon, they'll return with a little clutch of downy ducklings who will entertain us for weeks as they paddle around our pond.
Lots of the plants that we've been feverishing planting are finally showing their beauty this year.Three years ago, when we started this whole insane project, we warned ourselves that it would be five long years of building the structure of the garden, and another five long years of planting it. We're a few years ahead of schedule in both departments but, believe me, the work goes on. However, when the bugles start to open their purple buds toward the bumblebees and the ferns unfurl beside the creek, it feels very worth it all. Now, if only that wisteria vine would start to grow...!!
