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by Allison Harkins

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Title: Canna
Artist by Allison Harkins
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Hi Mary! Thanks for sharing the article on creating a garden journal [A Good Way to Grow on the Beliefnet.com website]. A couple of years ago I did just that. I have gotten away from it, but this article made me pull it out and re-read a few passages. Along with the writings, I had bought a mini Polaroid camera that came with sticker film, turning the small 1" x 2" photos into stickers that I pasted in with the writings. Here is something I wrote about my garden on 8/14/03:

"Last night was the chopping party. I unceremoniously cut down all of what used to be my singing daisies (innocence, youthful beauty, cheerfulness; loyal love), pulled out the dried stalks of my flirtatious day lilies, cut back the invading loose strife, and propped up my white cone flowers and stately holly hock. I'm sure I looked like a mad woman, humped over, feverishly yanking and pulling and cutting. Flowers and stems being thrown over my shoulder to land in a heap on the ground. Mad as it seems it's a ritual that must done. I miss them already. Good friends that bring me comfort. But I hope they will return next season even stronger. My black eyed Susan's are now the main attraction, along with my red, flaming cannas! It's red flowers are just now beginning to open. I literally jumped for joy when I saw the first flower had begun to open. The canna glows like a bright red torch against this dark background of a pine tree. How glorious! Two more are also about to bloom! What a shame it'll be to see these beauties extinguish themselves. Then I'll have to dig the bulb from it's pot and store them in peat moss in my basement, like a burial. I wonder if I should say a few words in their honor before putting them to bed for the winter?"

Thanks again for making me remember this, perhaps getting back to it, and also reminding me of my wonderful friends the flowers.

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Posted: August 21, 2005
Written by Allison Harkins

© 2005 Allison Harkins

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