Usually I get to the city several times during the growing season. One of the pleasures of staying with my friend Cathy is that I get to see what her flowers are doing each year.

She hasn't been out here in the summer for some time, so I thought I'd post the few decent photos of a couple of my flower patches for Cathy's perusal.

I dug up most of the delphiniums along the east wall and moved them to the newest flower patch, which Everett and I dug this spring. What I left for delphiniums have surprised me by growing in spite of their rough treatment, and I stuck red nicotiana and evening-scented stock in pots so there would be something blooming along the wall, as well as a sweet fragrance coming in through the open night-time window.

This new flower patch is situated in a spot where we can see it from the window we stand at as we do dishes.

Next spring I'll be moving all the perennials and rosebushes to the new yard; some 20 different varieties, at least a half-dozen of each. It'll be a job and a half but I don't mind the planning stage ... which will last over the winter. Heh!

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