Guests On Earth
“where there was more going on than ever, even in late autumn. It seemed that it had taken half a dozen people to replace Doc Otto! I had been watching them out my window for weeks. Under the direction of several experienced groundskeepers, teams of three or four patients were cutting back and mulching the perennials and roses; dividing and transplanting irises, daylilies, and the like; and planting the bulbs for spring. The greenhouse itself had been expanded, with a multipurpose activity build...ing adjoining it.
I had wandered over there shyly the first time, early for my appointment. Sunlight flowed in through a row of big new windows looking out upon the kitchen gardens and across to the woods beyond. Sturdy rough-hewn ceiling beams held swags of flowers, hung to dry: purple statis, golden yarrow, delicate white baby’s breath, those lavender asters that grew in great drifts on the bank behind the Central Building. All their names came flooding back to me. They looked beautiful hanging there.MoreLess
I had wandered over there shyly the first time, early for my appointment. Sunlight flowed in through a row of big new windows looking out upon the kitchen gardens and across to the woods beyond. Sturdy rough-hewn ceiling beams held swags of flowers, hung to dry: purple statis, golden yarrow, delicate white baby’s breath, those lavender asters that grew in great drifts on the bank behind the Central Building. All their names came flooding back to me. They looked beautiful hanging there.MoreLess
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