We are only a breath away from the Winter Solstice. Despite it being the first day of winter, I have come to see it as the turning point to better, warmer days. As in days of old, I imagine that light staying around longer every day and I look forward to Spring as a child looks forward to Christmas morning.
A perennial garden is a beautiful promise of renewal and rebirth. I know my old friends are just sleeping, waiting to burst into color again. I look forward eagerly to acquiring some new friends. And I thank the flower companies for sending me catalogs to dream by this winter.
In the meantime, I would be remiss not to try to enjoy the beauty that winter sometimes brings us, such as in the photo above, where frost recently transformed my garden into a fairy kingdom for a few hours. I am glad we decided to keep the bottle trees out for the winter, as their color is a welcome echo of the flowers gone and soon to come back.
I wish all my fellow gardeners a joyous holiday season and new year! May the solstice find you dreaming happy dreams of flowers and vegetables to come. Being a gardener means always having something wonderful to look forward to.
Cait's Garden 
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