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| Camellia x williamsii 'Donation'& Primula vulgaris 'Pink Ice' 18 March 2024 |
While I have scanned these flowers today 18 March 2024 I am placing this blog back to the 16th to fill some holes.
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| My Rosemary's two faces |
Going into my small Kitsilano deck garden at this time is like meeting up with my Rosemary. I can imagine her smiling and telling me, “Look, Camellia ‘Donation’ is in bloom.’ Or she would have said when I write this, “Alex what a nice primula you bought at Lougheed Garden Works.”
The garden is returning to the company of a woman I loved for 52 years and nothing now can make me not think of her when I wake up, when I go to sleep, when I dream and during the day. Every object in our little house connects to her. And most of all, Niño and Niña, who are extra loving and attentive to me.
These cats showed me something that I did not realize until after Rosemary died. When a cat wants affection this means that the cat is affectionate. How was I ever to know that to want it is to give it?
Rosemary was coolly standoffish with me but she had her ways to show her affection and love. She would make sure I had extra tubes of toothpaste, razors and shaving cream. When I smoked my pipe she put breath mints on my night table. And she always made herself up and dressed to perfection knowing that would please me.
It is funny how these plants almost have her face and presence. I will put them in the ground tomorrow ( March 19 as it is supposed to be the last day of sun) knowing exactly where. Rosemary taught me that.
