Moving Right Along - 2

Well,  it has been a bit since my last post, but I have been up to my neck in packing boxes. Fortunately, I have friends helping with this formidable task. One of the questions that I have been asked a lot is about my gardens. Won’t I miss them??? Yes and no. It was getting to be far too much work. I’m planning to take some of my irises and a few other favorite perennials, and then I’ll let friends and neighbors take what they want.

True story . . . one of my friends moved a few years ago. She, too, had beautiful irises and other plantings. She told the new owners that if they decided that they didn’t want the plants in the garden, they should call her and she would come back and remove them. The owner assured her that he would do that. Not long after, she drove by her old home and found that everything had been mowed down. So, I have no illusions about my gardens, and frankly, that is okay with me. I’ll take some special plants to my soon to be new home and that will be fine with me.

My brother had purchased these gorgeous peach irises for my mom about a zillion years ago for Mother’s Day.

When I sold the house where my aunts had lived, I brought home these pretty irises.

These two-toned irises have bloomed in the same spot my entire life.

And, of course, I’ll transplant a few of these blue flag irises.

I’ll bring along a few other favorites perennials, but not too many.

I’m going to try to find a few moments to paint a few of my shepherd hooks to display some hanging baskets. For me, gardening up is the way to go! I’ll have plants on the deck and near the front door, but all and all, it will be a simpler more manageable display. 

Weymouth always has a Memorial Day parade, but not this year. Instead, there will be something very special happening. At 11:00 at the RalphTalbot Amphitheater next to Town Hall, there will be the unveiling of five statues representing soldiers from our town who received the Medal of Honor. There is nowhere in the entire United States that has shared this distinction of having five Medal of Honor recipients. There are five elementary schools named in honor of these men. There will be speeches and the US Coast Guard Band will perform. I would definitely be there if a friend wasn’t coming to help me with my mountain of boxes. You can be sure that I will drive over and take photos of the statues later in the afternoon.

Have a good week.