I forgot how well scented the wisteria was. The lilacs have faded so now the wisteria is keeping company with the peony!
Pat
5/27/25
Flower of the Day – Wisteria & Peony
Tag Archives: peony
Life Changes
My brother lives on Maui and had gone radio silent on me. I thought it was odd, given I recently had abdominal surgery. So it felt like something else was going on.
I am the weirdo in the family now, that whenever I think of someone, my phone rings and it’s them. My mother had this quality. This used to creep me out. But lately, not so much.
Now, I have come to find out, that the reason for this ‘quiet’ is that he is awaiting a lung biopsy. He’s got substantial black areas on his lungs.
So now we wait.
life changes
in an off-putting way –
aging
Pat
10/30/2024
Flower of The Day – Peony
Pat
10/30/2024
For Flower of The Day
Flower of the Day-Peony
Pat
1/14/23
Flower of The Day – Peony
A good Saturday to you from the archives.
For Cee’s Flower of The Day. To participate or just look go here.
Pat
10/06/23
Peonies
as the scent of lilacs dominated the space
the peonies were still being fiddled with by ants whose only purpose was to gorge
but in time, they did come into their own
they always do
Pat
6/20/23
Wordless Wednesday – In my garden.
Pat
Flower of the Day -Peony
memories and longing collide
summer days
Pat
12/12/22
A Gathering
I did not start out thinking I’d like, too, to plant the sweet alyssum that smells like honey and peace.
But now, as we gather to honor and remember I can see how it would have added to the heady, live perfume of the garden and to the much appreciated diversion.
It was all still so raw, still so new. The whips of conversations –
“…What the hell was he doing on a motorcycle at his age?…” “…He was living his life…”. “…I still can’t believe he’s gone…”, “…you know how he is, was…”
blending with talks about the scents that filled our senses as we fiddled with the blooms. Taking turns with the butterflies, and bees.
This felt surreal.
As it turned out, this gathering in this place of sweet diversions did bring with it a certain peace. For this, I was grateful.
Pat
9/13/2022
For dVerse where the prompt is to use
“I’d like, too, to plant the sweet alyssum that smells like honey and peace.”
from the Katherine Riegel poem, “What I would like to grow in my Garden.”
To participate or just read, go here
Prosery: When it comes to Katherine Riegel
Back Side of Peony
Pat
6/11/22
thoughts and entanglements 
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