Memorial Day 2017

Yesterday was lost in mist. I spent the day cooking and thinking about sacrifices. And the paradoxical beauty of spring that so many died so that we could enjoy it.

Massive rhododendron in front of our house, finally in bloom
Tree shaded rhododendron
Rhododendron, late bloom
Iris, transplanted from Arlington, and before that from my grandmother’s garden in North Carolina
Confrontation between swan and duck at Peeper’s Pond