While I’ve been behind on much of the spring garden maintenance, and the ferns and cup plants and fountain grass have already overtaken the bounds I should have previously delineated, I am ahead of the game on capturing the starburst-like “blooms” of the Chinese dogwood. Usually, I don’t get them until their sepals have turned creamy white, all but demanding to be captured for posterity. The wayward weather of this spring has many of us playing catch-up.
This is the general state of things I like best – the time before the real show.
The anticipation, the lead-up, the excitement – and all of it with an idea of perfection just around the corner.
This is the moment when all of that is possible.
A moment of green.
