birth of a garden

Category: memories | Posted: Sat Mar 20, 2010 12:23 pm

when i moved in with my late husband 10 or so years ago, the back yard was nice...huge lilac bush in the corner, a rusting radio flyer in the middle of the yard, and a shed (maybe 8' x 8') along side the fence. He had it decked out with a wood burner, windows, benches & a small tv so he could watch sports all year (mostly in the winter). his family & friends (mostly family) would join him, they would cook out & watch football & hockey. (first wife didn't like people in the house too much, so he fixed it so he could do what he wanted...the shed which was dubbed the chalet)
so, here i come.. i never minded company, and the use for the shed became less & less. i took one area on the side and started a flower garden...it was very small, but satisfied my need to get my hands dirty. (the shed had become a storage area for junk & was hardly used for anything but garbage)
one windy winter night...he wakes me up about 3 am & tells me..."you've got to check this out". looking out the back door...there is the shed....over in the next two yards, in pieces!! by daylight, we got to see exactly what took place...what a mess! so...after insurance claims, etc....it was cleaned up, and all that was left were railroad ties where the chalet had been anchored. ok...what to do now?..do you want another shed? or a big beautiful garden? i would have been ok if he had put in another shed, but it really was no longer needed..so, had a few people move things around, filled it with dirt, and proceeded on a journey that is still going.
the only thing that was saved from the shed was the wood burner, and it sits in the corner of the garden.
the lilac bush was destroyed by an ice storm, and is just a shadow of it's former size, the radio flyer now is half sunk into the ground, and now is home to my daisies.

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