A few months ago, while randomly searching the Mystery shelf at our local library branch, I discovered the Dame Frevisse Medieval Mystery series by Margaret Frazer. Set in Fifteenth Century England with a nun, who has a family connection to Geoffrey Chaucer, as the detective, I thought I'd give the series a try. I am so glad I did because these books have become my new go-to when I need a fun mystery to read. I am reading the books completely out of order--just as I find them in the library--and currently I'm reading The Sempster's Tale (because of that Chaucer tie, all the books are titled "The [fill in the blank] Tale" in an homage to The Canterbury Tales). This book in the series is set in London and tells the tale of a widowed seamstress/embroiderer, who makes Church vestments. A portion of the book I read yesterday described the long and narrow garden that sat behind the widow's house and was separated by a fence from her neighbors gardens. It immediately made me think of our own garden.
Our shared front yard and far back yard are where the girls run and play. Our fenced in patio is where we garden. A few months ago I shared my hope that our beautiful hydrangea bush was finally returning to life after our bleak winter. This is what the hydrangea looked like at that time.
Our shared front yard and far back yard are where the girls run and play. Our fenced in patio is where we garden. A few months ago I shared my hope that our beautiful hydrangea bush was finally returning to life after our bleak winter. This is what the hydrangea looked like at that time.
This is how it looks this morning. I love those tiny little purple flowers.
The widow's garden in The Sempster's Tale is made up of mostly herbs and vegetables. We love our flowers, but have our share of vegetables as well. Our pumpkins are doing phenomenally well and in the picture below you can see our peas growing nicely too.
I think I've previously mentioned the pinwheel flowers pictured above. They were a gift from Grammy to the girls and include a light in the middle of the flower. Just after dark, our garden is lit by these little flowers and fairy lights on the fence (the solar powered fairy lights are all the rage in our neighborhood these days).
This week we've had lots of rain, Meg has had a migraine and Baby Anne and I have been recovering from the worst stomach virus ever. We haven't spent much time in our garden, but I've enjoyed looking out into the garden and watching the flowers and plants grow. Of course, I'm simultaneously noting the weeding and sweeping that need to be done, but mostly I'm enjoying the cozy beauty of having a back garden.
This week we've had lots of rain, Meg has had a migraine and Baby Anne and I have been recovering from the worst stomach virus ever. We haven't spent much time in our garden, but I've enjoyed looking out into the garden and watching the flowers and plants grow. Of course, I'm simultaneously noting the weeding and sweeping that need to be done, but mostly I'm enjoying the cozy beauty of having a back garden.
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