Three for Thursday: Through the Garden Gate

There are poppies in the back, too ... and Linaria ... and Phlox ...

and Alyssum ... and Violas ... 

and Larkspur ... and roses ...

I know I've been rather infrequent in my posts lately ... it's not that the garden isn't full of photo ops or blogworthy happenings ... it's that the Head Gardener and I spend most of our free time out there making it picture perfect (oh, that got a chuckle from the HG) and blogworthy.  The weather has been a mixed bag ... too little rain and too many warm and humid days already.  Just when I'm ready to give it all up and run away to Hawaii, a day like today comes along: the air is cool and dry, the sun is shining and the garden casts its spell upon me once again.  

It's also casting its spell upon visitors and passersby.  On Tuesday, the delightful Pat Leuchtmann of Commonweeder and her equally congenial husband Henry visited Wit's End.  We strolled the gardens and talked plants, birds, chickens, seeds, roses and Seattle Fling.  Pat's account of their visit can be found on her contribution to Three for Thursday.  I'm so glad they made the trek out here and I'm already looking forward to seeing Pat again in Seattle in July.  On Wednesday, I hosted the March meeting of my WOW pals.  The Women of W(h)ine [the Head Gardener came up with the name] sipped wine and strolled through the gardens, chattering and exclaiming.  None of them are gardeners but the WOW were nonetheless wowed!   As for passersby, although I receive comments of approbation and  appreciation from different folks, one in particular stands out for me and I wanted to share it with y'all.  What we gardeners do makes a difference in more lives than we know.