This morning we had bright sunshine and lots of wind, quite a change from the sultry, humid and rain-laden days of the past week. I looked out the back window and saw the top of the back garden lit up with sunshine, something that only happens in the early morning. It’s fairly shady up there most of the day. At the back you can see the wall that Terry built for me. We were watching Game of Thrones at the time, so I naturally think of The Wall as the boundary between civilization and the wild, though I’m not entirely sure which side is which. Wedged into some rocks at the top is an attack plant in a pot. If you come within four feet of it, its fierce spines somehow manage to reach out and prick you, so maybe it’s a watchman of sorts. The bed itself hosts a continual war of the ground-covers. The left side is the periwinkle kingdom, in the middle sedum and on the right side bugleweed. They allow a few other plants to poke through, but mostly because I, in the role of empress, spend quite a bit of time subjugating the groundcovers. I think I may have ripped out and moved more mass than is actually growing here. But someone needs to protect the pretty little hostas at the top, and the wood poppy (which is done blooming) and the geraniums (the little pink dots). The periwinkles managed to overwhelm the tickseed despite my intercessions. Some of the interspersed plants can of course fend for themselves. I have no fears for the tall clumps of solomon’s seal and no fears for the lilies of the valley. Beyond the bounds of the bed are some colonial outposts: on the left are daffodils and big hostas, on the right at the foot of the tree is a patch of white violets. It’s really an area of the garden at its best in the spring and the only part of the garden that you can see really well from the house. It’s quite pleasant to wash the dishes and watch spring grow. Oh, since I’m describing, I might as well mention that the crooked lighthouse is at the top of Joe’s waterfall. The pond at the bottom will no doubt appear in a subsequent picture.
@shesnapped what an opportune time to have asked me! We just decided (and just made reservations). We'll be there from 8/3 to 8/6, staying at the Assateague Inn this time rather than a whole house. Can't wait.
