GARDEN PHYLLISOPHY – November 2009
By Phyllis Galowitz
The early frost on September 20th, and then on Columbus Day weekend, ended the dahlias’ bloom.
GARDEN PHYLLISOPHY – May 2009
By Phyllis Galowitz
Spring is here at last but this year my garden will have to be self-sufficient. I will be having surgery on my spine, where the nerves have been causing pain in my right leg and keeping me from being able to do what I love to do.
GOOD MORNING, SPRING
By Phyllis Galowitz
It’s 5 AM, April 27th. What a difference two weeks make. As the sky opens up to a new day and the sunrise reflects pink clouds above the still dark landscape below, I see the silhouette of the tall sugar maple in front of my window being reborn after its long winter sleep. Blossoms not there yesterday are suddenly unfurling.
GARDEN PHYLLISOPHY – March 2009
By Phyllis Galowitz
The sun is shining. The hills are blanketed with the remains of the light snow that fell a few days ago. It barely covers the dirty look of ashes strewn along the roadsides and driveways, to keep the ice that never melted, following day after day of freezing temperatures, from causing dangerous driving and walking conditions.
GARDEN PHYLLISOPHY – February 2009
By Phyllis Galowitz
We were just sitting down to dinner, in front of the glass doors to the deck. The lamp above the kitchen table lit a small area of the pitch-black evening outside the door. A moving thing caught our eyes. At first glance, I thought, is it a cat? But it didn’t look like either of our neighbor’s cats.