Seek

The title of this blog post is "Seek." Not in the biblical sense, as in, "Seek and you shall find" but in the nature sense. 

There is a wonderful, free app called Seek, look for a single white leaf on a green background. Just point and take a picture of a flower, tree or plant and voila, it gives you its name, or an educated guess, AND keeps a list of what you've identified. 

Our inner courtyard garden is having one of its best years this summer and the sisters, and I, are enjoying the variety and the lushness of the many plants that have been coming and going since May. Right now my favorite are the 16 night blooming evening primrose plants that are going absolutely wild every night. I swear we had 100 flowers the other night and the nicest thing about them is that at 6:30 a.m. when we are passing them along the chapel window corridor, they are still open wide, so we get a great view each morning. 

Here's what they look like---times16 plants!

This week the three peony bushes lost their flowers: pink, white and dark purple, but the roses are out and  the calla lilies are just beginning. The azalea and rhododendron are gone but the hydrangea are just on the verge of getting their blooms going. 

It's a lovely garden and we remember Sr. Rosemary and Sr. Mary Margaret every time we look out upon it or walk through it on the newly-paved winding pathway. They tended it so faithfully for years of summers.