A predator in the system Compromise is a feature, not a bug, in our system of Government. When a large percentage (or a highly powerful minority) absolutely refuse to compromise on anything, we get gridlock, and problems fester.
We all
need to be more purple. In other words, to communicate peacefully and
constructively, then to compromise enough, just enough. "Only one" person can't solve everything. We must work together.
G-d help us if we don't.
Meanwhile, out in the garden, still some gorgeous roses.
'Brass Band':
'The Poet's Wife':
'The Ambridge Rose':
Still pretty flowery for November:
Besides roses, the Tagetes lemonii that Beloved got me last Christmas is now flowering. Took it a while, but it looks great up on the west side slope:
Aloe 'Rooikappie':
Another shot of the laggard Foxglove:
The ones that flowered this spring have provided plentiful seedlings for next spring:
The Hakea flowers again! I've decided on a place for it, but there's a stump that needs to come out first. Must get to it.
Otherwise, autumn chop-chop-chop continues. I hired a tree trimmer. The screening hedge of Pittosporums was shading out the veggie/cutting room of the garden in winter.
A little better--it may need to go lower, but now that the hedge is shorter, I can do it safely myself.
A little better view from upstairs, too:
Whatever happens over the next few days or weeks, the garden will be a distraction, a comfort, a refuge, a place for perspective and peace. May yours do the same.
I don't remember when compromise became a disparaging term but it certainly is foolish! Your garden is a paradise as always and the perfect anecdote to political toxicity. I'll be spending a good part of the day in my garden too.
ReplyDeleteI'm envious of the Hakea flowers - and the roses of course. I've been harvesting the persimmons. There are zillions of them this year.
The Santa Ana's are howling here, everything whipped and lashed by the wind. When it blows, it really blows. Outside is out, for today at least. Tomorrow, maybe.
DeleteOur gardens are going to be providing a lot of solace and refuge in the years to come. The praying mantis, the bouquet, all the flowers in the garden - all of immensely beautiful, providing something to be grateful for. What a difference in view after the trim - all the way down into the valley now.
ReplyDeleteSolace and refuge, I'm going to need it more than ever. I was ridiculously grateful for some silly trivial thing yesterday--oh yes, finding MacIntosh apples for sale. It's the little things!
DeleteThe view of the valley is a nice thing, too.
Well said. And your roses are incredible, as always. That "still pretty flowery" shot through the rose garden slays me. The Aloe and Hakea flowers are fascinating. Great red, white, and blue arrangement, too.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Beth.
DeleteThat angle with all the roses was a nice surprise. A good rose year makes me fall for them all over again.
The concept of working together and team work seems to be lost in the rhetoric of today. Maybe we should insist on our government officials taking a colour theory course to show how much more effective things can be when they blend. Purple is indeed the ideal moderator. As always such gorgeous roses.
ReplyDeleteIt's become the ethos in this country--zero sense of common purpose, of working together. :(
DeletePurple goes with everything in the garden!
What a magnicent view over your newly-clipped hedge. All those gorgeous treetops, and the mountains! My mountains are the back side of your mountains, mas o menos, and I can't get over how different they look. I don't pretend to understand geology very well, but I am certainly grateful for the view. If I could figure out how to get the "still pretty flowery" shot on to my work computer as a screen saver, I would. It's just so darn pretty and ahhhhh inspiring! I also don't know when compromise became an undesirable thing, a weakness, a character flaw; but I would like to see it make a reappearance. I am so very tired of this scorched earth, my way or the highway attitude toward just about everything. It's not realistic, nor is it healthy. The veneer of civilization is always pretty thin. It could use some shoring up and polishing right about now. At the very least, I can find solace in my home, my garden, and in my books. I beleve it was Cicero who said that one who has a garden and a library has everything s/he needs. Amen to that! Elizabeth
ReplyDeleteAt least on my Windows machine, if you right click on the picture a "set image as desktop background" option appears.
DeleteI appreciate your thoughtful comment. Thank you. Yes indeed civilization is a veneer, not a solid substance.
Putin's Russia is not a healthy place, why does this country want to emulate it?
I would only add to Cicero's list a couple of dogs. :)
Agree wholeheartedly! Your garden is looking beautiful, the photo with the Tagetes lemonii and agaves is so good.
ReplyDeleteThanks. You are very kind!
DeleteYour Brass Band flowers are a lovely swirl of colour - I see the band marching ...
ReplyDeleteExcept for a lack of fragrance, it's a superb variety.
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