RE: changing taste and age

Amen - thank goodness for surgery!

> From: maujean@comcast.net
> To: perennials@hort.net
> Subject: Re: changing taste and age
> Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2009 12:23:16 -0700
>
> 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
> > --
> > Cheryl Isaak
> > another day, another rink
> > growing, stitching and reading in NH
> >
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