Gardening in the Gloaming;

The Good and the Good Grief!

By Marcy Dailey

June 2, 2014

From Wikipedia: Gloaming, or twilight, the time after sunset and before dark,

 celebrated in Harry Lauder's Roamin' In The Gloamin'

The Good:

#1 The approaching darkness lends a mystical feel to the plants and structures.

#2 One needn’t apply a half bottle of sunblock and don the requisite ugly sunhat in order to work outside.

#3 ‘Tis a joy to behold the shining moon and glittery stars in the cover of sky.

#4 To be able to glimpse a bat as it catches a bite to eat (fast food,) and to enjoy the frogs’ evening chorus (lullaby?) in the cool of the day.  

#5 Pondering the dating game of the fireflies with their on-again, off-again power surges.

The Good Grief!

#1 mosquitoes!

#2 Discovering one’s glasses are missing from one’s shirt pocket after bending forward while whacking back the ever-encroaching ‘Gro-Low’ Sumac. (One’s glasses were in said pocket since it was so dark out that they were no longer an asset to one’s sight enhancement.)

#3 MOSQUITOES!!

#4 Having to prune the viburnums by touch. (Hint: run your hand down the stem until you feel a joint/crotch, then snip while praying your fingers aren’t mistaken for a stem.)

#5 Did I mention MOSQUITOES?