In this time of blizzards and tornadoes, yet another winter storm passed over the East Coast yesterday and last night. Here is a picture of my garden this morning, followed by a photo of the neighbor’s angry Norway Maple bare of leaves and subdued under a coat of snow. It’s hard to believe that all of the crocuses, tulips, daffodils, and hyacinths are sleeping beneath the drifts. Since I’m leaving before Spring and won’t get to appreciate the bulbs I planted, maybe it’s best not to think about them and to picture the garden this way from now on. I can just imagine it as forever free from aphids and leaf rot and imperfection–permanently suspended under a pristine coat of white…
Argh no, it’s still a frustrating picture. What is the point of gardening or painting or toymaking or starting anything? It’s all just going to get ruined by the ineluctible forces of entropy.
Stupid winter!
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January 27, 2011 at 1:06 PM
Zeke
Leaving before spring? where are you going?!
January 27, 2011 at 5:20 PM
Hieronymo
I’m…um… reviewing offers from other Brooklyn neighborhoods.
January 28, 2011 at 10:17 AM
Zeke
Ditmas Park might offer a competitive package — we do have gardens out here in need of de-entropification.