Mother’s Day Reflections

           I wrote 4-5 months ago about my Winter Clematis, erotically aromatic, but the flowering dies back at Springtime.  Then more recently, I wrote about my Springtime Clematis, which has a weak, cloying aroma, but again is a short season.  Today, I saw my first Summer Clematis, a beautiful, fragile flower with only the faintest of aromas.

That’s two firsts this weekend.  I saw my first Passion Flower yesterday.  I wonder if we are going to have to change the dates, millennially stable, of the seasons, now that there is world-wide recognition of Global Warming [with the excepti0n of 0.5% of the world population, who represent a cult in North America that is very powerful].  This cult believes in dying personally rich, rather than their progeny dying healthy.

The Pandemic has allowed those of us, educated in Free States, to watch and understand the effects of global warming on the back-yard gardens we grow.  I am also grateful that I live in a State that considers Public Health of paramount concern .  As a Veteran and Retiree, I depend on the State and the USA to cover my back.

Ignoring Global Warming and its impacts is not good for my back.

ps: My Tater Garden loves the early Summer

My 1st Passion Flower this year - May 8th

           After we went through a week of Arctic chills, 2-3 months ago, I feared I had lost my Passion Flower vine to frost bite.  This vine dominates my north eastern fence line with a new neighbor.

Harmony in Graton somewhat put me at ease last month, when I checked with them.  They told me, “It’s far too early for Passion vine”.  But I was overjoyed today, while I was getting rid of tendrils of invasive Virginia Creeper vine, to uncover my first flower of this year from one of my strongest Passion Flower vines.

To those of you who saw my Mother’s Day card yesterday, you might believe, if you wish, that this flower was a response to my card.