On a recent golden afternoon I snail-crawled my way through my friend Cat‘s garden as she narrated its spring journey. The tale happily meandered, and so did our feet.
I stopped to admire each glowing moment.
Isn’t this a charming vignette, with a terracotta frog perched among a leopard plant’s lily-pad leaves?
Nearby, a skull with twig antlers — a spirit deer — watches over the garden and its dry creek.
A nubby fountain offers a splashy birdbath. ‘Everillo’ sedge glows at its base. In the stock-tank pond in the background…
…a goldfish convention.
American basketflower shows off lavender, filament-like petals.
And yucca bells ring their sunset song.
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