I think I want my garden to be silver and blue and pale gray green and purples with just a tiny splash of yellow and pink or peach here and there. That's a plan- can change it whenever I want.

This is what I think about when I don't know what else to worry about. And to help myself along, I got a wonderful book on "water-wise" Mediterranean gardening. Olive trees, lavender, rosemary, iris, and lots of salvia or sage.

I take breaks from thinking about what one should expect when the house is several hundred years old with four foot thick walls and there's never been serious plumbing or central heating and the wiring is just strung around from doorway to ceiling to far wall or from thinking about creating the art gallery.

Retreat to the garden. Build a low platform under the grape arbor so I can lie down in dappled shade, read books and reach up for grapes to savor between turning pages.

posted by Joanna @ 6/18/2004 12:44:00 AM