I'm waiting for the mums outside to break open. They seem plush and plentiful this year, all without care on my part. I have done nothing to encourage them. The holly harbors a flock of red berries, and again - I have not lifted a finger for them. Might be all the rain we have had this season.
The summer geraniums remain red in their cement pots, but these I have pinched and prodded, snapping off the dead leaves, spent blooms, and whatever parts rotted in the excessive rains this year. There are new buds on both plants. The air is cool - it was in the 40's last night. I am beginning to believe its really September.
I also wrote to both Connecticut Senators and to my district representative to urge them to support health care reform. Changes in law and policy are more like this year's geraniums than the mums. They need a little encouragement to bloom unexpectedly....
