With today's hail, sleet and slush I am reminded of Henry Mitchell's "On the Defiance of Gardeners." It is, of course, absurd to complain of ice storms in early April, in Massachusetts, unless it is actually a complaint about the decision to live here. And I like living here. Anyway, I don't feel particularly defiant, because I've got it easy. But these guys, these guys are defiant today, looking just as in this photo (from yesterday, 4/3/2007) except for the inch of frozen slush at their feet.
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I do miss the gardening climate and soils of the Pacific Northwest. Such defiance was rarely needed. Nothing is quite as stunning as the Skagit Valley in April.
I think I'd like living there, too, but distances and family pretty much rule it out for me.
There is the Garden of Eden then there is North Adams in April...:~)
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