I’ve watched our gardenia slowly regain its deep green color after being brown for months. Since the first wisp of emerald, I have inspected it, hoping for blossoms. We’ve had less rain than usual, and I have not watered once this year, so I never expected the hoped-for flowers until spring. But look—a single flower, as fragrant and beautiful as ever!!! Perhaps others will join it in a chorus of celebration before churlish winter arrives.
2023-10-05
