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Re: changing taste and age

It's the cataracts dear.....things got much nicer, clearer, brighter after I got mine fixed and I didn't need glasses anymore....well reading glasses still..... 
Dee  ;>}
----- Original Message ----- From: "Cheryl Isaak" <cherylisaak@comcast.net> 
To: <perennials@hort.net>
Sent: Monday, September 07, 2009 6:45 AM
Subject: changing taste and age



>choices. In my addled old age I am appreciating

stronger color more.
Is the desire for stronger colors in the garden come with age...or
just me wandering around in my garden?



Gene,
as I get older, I find I want more structure - more things to look at in winter, even if it is only the outline of the shrubs and grasses. I also seem to crave contrast - variegation, different color leaves (which I think leads to my growing collection of hosta and huechera) and flower shape.
Strangely, at the same time, subtle flowers are more attractive than the ones that shout. I like being invited in to notice extra petals, gradual color shifts and twisting petals. 

Cheryl
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Cheryl Isaak
another day, another rink
growing, stitching and reading in NH

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