carpet of thyme

Liz says: The appliances came today and we sold my bike all in one fell swoop. Hannibal Rising is on the TV and i'm compelled to watch because the cinematography is very good. It also has two actors so far, that i really like. Vorinous from Rome and McMurphy from the Wire. i hate violence so i am constantly turning to the next station over to wait out the horrid scenes. Little Man is on the next station, a Wayans comedy about a photoshop person with a man's head on a baby body. Horror, stupid,horror, stupid, tension, quick stu-,no horror still, back to stupid. Ah, Vorinus is a nazi that killed Hannibal's sister. Uh oh.
Anyway, we ran all over pursuing the idea of staging. How to make 'the house' someone else's dream. My dream transferred to someone else. I love my little garden but even they were on the way to France. The boxes were my tribute to parterre gardens. I was a mad person on a mission after the first trip to France. First there was a mountain of dirt as big as the driveway, then there were 5 white boxes of dirt and a mountain of mulch.
Too bad for Vorenous.
Then little evergreens trees in the corners, mini boxwood's to punctuate the edges, lavender, thyme, geraniums blue ones, the perennials the rabbits won't eat.
Lovely to think about. The 250 daffodil bulbs and the sprinkling of hyacinths that would arrive the next spring. The little japanese maple, beautiful burgundy stars surrounded by the smallest leaves i could find. A miniscule mint, it was all so lovely to think about and plot out. On the side yard, the lily walk with huge glorious blooms from pink and yellow to the darkest colors humans could force.
All on a carpet of thyme.
We will probably sell the house in winter, none of this will be evident. The snow will mound upon the little trees until their little heads are so weighted down no one will even know they are there. But spring will be a sweet surprise. The little pink and yellow heads will force their way through the gray remnants of snow and uh, oh yeah, i won't be here to see it ;-} .