Though autumn's a time of dying, here where summer's been torturous, it comes as an agent of revival.
This being the Antipodes - where practice is sort of upside down - many native plants come into flower and magpies start to breed. Autumn comes as if it were spring. Our springs are not so much a re-birth as a riot.
So for the human gardener there's running around to be done, the clock of coldness beginning to tick. Above is the beginning of a new
procession along a wall too hot and exposed to have been dealt with in summer.
And here a bit of a jumble...good to see because there's only been dessication and a sort of hard-held forbearance till this easing has come.
Aspidistras - which I shall keep flying - are one of my favourite plants, and it's now they seem to wake up - and wake up their neighbourhood.
There's a feeling of relief for me that so many things have survived and have now seemed to have got back their
zoomph.
This above is the beginning of what will be filled with foliage. Makeshift, sparse, reduced; soon, as the glowing, glaring days grow shorter, life will re-colonise.
I salute this land made to be barren, then made to go forth to multiply.
For
out of nothing life comes.
Hello Faisal:
ReplyDeleteWe too, in our gardening days, would always feel a sense of relief with the onset of autumn when, after all the trials and tribulations, and joys, of the summer, the pressure lifted and one felt once more much more relaxed about the garden as a whole. It will be fun for you in the coming weeks watching the plant life take over your at present near bare space.
Oh my, I hope, though I'm sure, it will be fun, Jane and Lance.
ReplyDeleteYou know, what I'm noticing, as much as I'm noticing the garden reviving, is the revival of my own energy.
So it looks like things will work out!
nice post!
ReplyDeleteThank you Matthew!
DeleteIt's soothing to witness how you, Faisal, are equally content with autumn coming in, as I am here, on the other side of the globe, with the start of spring!
ReplyDeleteIt somehow shows me the perfection of Creation - if humanity would only realize it's beauty and power.
Yes the best or easiest times of year Hannah, when the harshness subsides. It's a great relief, Isn't it?
DeleteEncouraging to know that nature revives. Revival of nature revives our spirit, the breath of which comes from the same place. Thank you Faisal.
ReplyDeleteYes, we're all part of a much bigger dynamic Paul, and we all have a chance to revive, eventually!
DeleteAs you begin the move toward shelter, I am moving mine to enjoy spring rains. Have a wonderful weekend.
ReplyDeleteYou too, Bonnie, enjoy your greener outdoors this weekend!
Deletepotted up the aspidistra (it came from my mother) to move with us. The plants are still in a reflective mood. I'm hoping for leaves, like yours!
ReplyDeleteTough old things aspidistras, aren't they Diana? Once they get some leaves, anyway! I love having plants that have come through family and friends.
DeleteFaisal, while we wait in limbo, and certainly thru 2014 I am running 2 blogs. Hoping that by next year we will have sold the Porterville house ...
DeleteThank you for the clarification Diana. Less is more, they say!
DeleteI'm glad your plants are surviving. Here, we are coming out of a very rough winter, and the relief I feel seems parallel to yours as you come to end of a hard summer. Here's to surviving the changes, whatever they may be!
ReplyDeleteWe were supposed to have a mild summer, so a long-range forecast told me Sharmon, so I'm truly glad what turned out to be an exceptionally hot and dry one is finally over. My best to you!
DeleteOh how I love autumn, Faisal! I'm planting bulbs and herbs and assuming that winter won't be too cold for anything. We don't get many cold days, usually. After a lot of rain, and still quite warm days, everything, including the weeds, is bursting forth. Thank goodness for gardens and gardening, I say!
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