Replacement

Summer before last, Fio donated her right hip to the planting beds, hauling water out morning and evening to keep the vegetation, all native to the area, alive.  Last summer she let everything be, and most of the vegetation that she had labored over so faithfully expired.  Fio regrets the loss, but values her left hip and her replacement right hip more. So now she's into plans for acquiring more sustainable plants, whatever their country of origin.

Good-bye verbena, sandankwa, weird daisies. Hello iron plant, ligustrum, Japanese boxwood.  Hope to have you around a while.