What can I say, Dear Readers, at this time of year when the whole world is competing for the most sumptuous displays of floral glory, and suddenly the Rhododendron is in full bloom! It steals the show, commands the worship of every eye and never ceases to amaze me! Did I really make that shrub? It is so splendid in its abundant brilliant color, there is nothing like it ever! In the Real World, the blossoms last but a week if the weather is kind (this year it was not, in my neighborhood) but here in Miniland I can allow the blossoms a longer span of display. And after the blossoming lilac shrub has bowed it's last curtain call, it is Time for the Rhododendron to shine alone on the stage..... and shine it does!
It is so overpowering,
I can almost ignore the rest of the unfinished garden!
Sigh.
Yes, the rest has seen no improvements since last year.
The rocks are mostly sort of in place the way they ultimately should be....
but no moss has come creeping in... no ferns....
no wild flowers growing up between the rocks...
but the Dreams are still there!
Those dreams of "Someday"....
and sometimes I can feel them coming closer
and teasing me with details....
oh so many details still to be accomplished!
And yet, the very fact of the Blossoming Rhododendron
is encouragement in itself!
I got it made..... the rest will have their day!
It is enough to revel in the beauty of the moment....
to admire those multi-stamened florets and
ponder the possibility of adding a bumble bee or two.....
and to acknowledge that Summer is on the doorstep....
And the Rhodie must have its moment in the sun!
I hope you don't mind, Dear Readers,
that there is nothing New to show you this week.
But the Rhododendron is in bloom, and it is so magnificent,
it just takes my breath away!
