Being "out of commission" due to a torn muscle has really brought gardening to a halt. The Small Gardens have taken on a "rain forest" look as they are truly overgrown. The plants have had to fend for themselves so they have grown with wild abandon. Fine by me but I am not accustomed to having things intermingled to the point of confusion.
This morning between the rains, I strolled through the Small Gardens on my way to the fig trees. (I am allowed to pick the lower figs as long as I do no stretching.) At one turn on the path, there was a hodgepodge of plants with one bright sprig of blooms. A single "Firecracker Lily" was blooming in the midst of a bunch of greenery. In this one conglomeration, there was the bright red lily, a hibiscus (no blooms yet), some ivy, a trumpet vine and a fern. How that poor lily squeezed its way through that mess is beyond me. Still, the lily did. It overcame the trouble set around it and flourished. Perhaps, that is a hint for me to keep fighting all problems and flourish on my own. The Small Gardens are full of inspiration.
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