Last Planting Until Spring

This afternoon the temperature is 72 degrees.  I planted 3 Oriental Lily bulbs in one quadrant of the courtyard garden.

 

Here's what they will look like next summer:

 

 

That image will keep me going through the winter!

Earlier, in August and September, I planted all of these in various quadrants of the courtyard:

I'm remembering May Sarton's quote:

Help us to be ever faithful gardeners of the spirit, 

who know that without darkness nothing comes to birth,

 and without light nothing flowers.