Cheekwood photos

Last Saturday, Cheekwood Gardens in Nashville opened at 6am so amateur photographers like me could enjoy the loveliest light of the day–all free of charge. I enjoyed myself immensely, lying in the grass to snap dozens of flower photos as the sun rose and ignited the reds and yellows to a ramped-up crackling brilliance. The…

What’s Blooming Now?

Last night, the first Asiatic lily bloomed.      By morning, three yellow lily blooms had appeared behind the old millstone in the sunny cottage garden section of the backyard. Such a beautiful, complicated thing, I thought–it should take longer than a single night to take shape. I wonder: if I had the patience, would I…