The storms and wind of the last few days have done a number of my garden beds, destroying some of them, blowing others over, and stripping a lot of beautiful flowers of their blooms.

This certainly will not stop me now or even slow me down. I went out today to pick up some vegetable plants for the Mansion Memory Care garden, and Country Power Products in Greenwich gave me two trays free of charge.

So far, we’ve escaped the worse of the climate change havoc torturing so much of the country. Sometimes, we feel it edging closer.

While there, I spotted two unique flowers, a yellow and red Canna Lily. I got both of them, waited for the storms to lessen, and planted them in the garden.

These are the first photos of them. They have been beaten up pretty severely themselves and are highly rootbound.

I think they will have a Czechoslovakian Spring, except in the summer. I am glad to see them in my garden.

Like my garden beds, I feel I am returning to myself. It just took longer than I thought.

These photos are dedicated to my garden bed rescue and recovery, which is already well underway. I did a lot of walking and running around today. It felt good.

The minute the sun came out, I came out. I love that the garden bed is a jumble of color and light. Just what I hoped it would be.

I’ve got some rebuilding; the rain and wind (and some hail, perhaps) did a number on my gardens. I will get them back into shape. The Canna Lilies will help; they are beautiful. I found good spots for both of them.

I’m looking forward to seeing this flower burst out in red; it has many buds ready to pop.