CAROLYN’S COMPOSITIONS
JANUARY CATALOGUES LEAD TO JUNE GARDENS
January: Mail Order Gardening Month
January 2010.
A time to cozy up on a comfortable sofa, encased in a favorite blanket. A time to drink a favorite warm beverage—coffee, tea, hot chocolate—and delve into your stack of unread books while watching the snow fall and blow.
A time to heat your home to the temperature you were complaining about last summer. A time to whine about the constant and excessive snowfalls, the bitter cold wintry weather.
A time to yearn for warmer days of 2010.
In that vein, you gather the daily mail, filled with gardening catalogues, and begin to dream about (more…)
January Catalogues Lead to June Gardens
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CAROLYN’S COMPOSITIONS
JANUARY CATALOGUES LEAD TO JUNE GARDENS
January: Mail Order Gardening Month
January 2010.
A time to cozy up on a comfortable sofa, encased in a favorite blanket. A time to drink a favorite warm beverage—coffee, tea, hot chocolate—and delve into your stack of unread books while watching the snow fall and blow.
A time to heat your home to the temperature you were complaining about last summer. A time to whine about the constant and excessive snowfalls, the bitter cold wintry weather.
A time to yearn for warmer days of 2010.
In that vein, you gather the daily mail, filled with gardening catalogues, and begin to dream about (more…)