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Winter Reflections: Pondering Spring |
| Section: LIFE / GARDENS |
| Author: Nancy Rotenberg |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 2/1/1997 |
| Size: 2,343 Words, 14,178 Characters |
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If I were to write a song about "a few of my favorite things," winter would not be on the list. A somewhat strong sentiment for sure, but one that comes to me this wintry morning as I rush up the walk with the day's mail. In the spring and summer, it often takes me hours to finish the journey to the front door, but then--yes, then--there is the garden. All kinds of wonderful distractions line the path, and it takes every bit of discipline to get to the porch. But now, on this wintry day, I hurry, not caring to linger. I pass my embracing frog-couple, dressed in snowy white. Although I know they will soon be basking in sunshine again, I cannot bear to dwell on their present misfortune.
Enveloping myself in a blanket before a roaring fire, I turn my attentions to the mail on my lap. Warmt...
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...pring, a multitude of new faces will be inhabiting the worlds that we create as gardeners. This wintry morning is offering the gift of time. Planning an environment takes much preparation. I turn the pages of the catalogs and begin to make careful notes.
I must be patient for the soil to again nurture creation and new miracles. I will be there, waiting on my patch of grass for the rebirth.
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