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| Hosta 'Abba Dabba Do' 25 June 2026 |
There is not one day these days that I do not thank my Rosemary for having brought us from Mexico City in 1975. I think of her financial savvy which has me leaving with no worries about where the next dollar is going to come from.
I thank her
for never have prevented me from buying photographic equipment I told her I
needed or ignoring all the money I was spending in matting and framing my
photographs for shows in which I rarely sold anything.
I thank her
for having made me a gardener. In my age of 83 tending my garden gives me a
valid excuse to get up in the morning.
But most of
all I thank her for helping me notice small details in everything in my life
that would bring a rare smile to my face.
The folks of
the American Hosta Society (I gave up my membership last year) pooh-pooh the
hosta flowers and praise the variegation of their leaves. Because of Rosemary I have come to appreciate
their beauty particularly when I scan them.
Few might
know that both agaves (tequila!) and hostas are members of the very large
family of the Asparagaceae.