Quilts tell stories. The design names reveal a glimpse of the plot: Wedding Knot, Drunkard's Path, Dublin's Steps, Coffins Star, Dad's Bow Tie, Alabama Beauty. Family history and all its memories are woven into the fabrics.
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| Leaves--from the earth to the earth |
When putting the garden beds to bed was on the
Things I get to do today, I began thinking about quilts. The idea of keeping the earth in the garden covered with mulch or ground cover was working its way into this fall ritual. A quilt for each bed, of course.
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| Nature's Quilt Design |
The trees in my yard have not dropped enough of their leaves to make a thick enough mulch, and our gusty winds that come with fall rain would tend to flap the covers by sending all the leaves to one side of the yard instead of snuggling down into each garden bed. But the giant Pin Oaks in the nearby park had piled up the gutters by the sidewalk with their leaves for several blocks. A quick trip with my little pickup and garbage bags, the results sucked through my leaf blower/shredder to create a fine texture that will stay in place, and the beds were all tucked in the for rain, the fall and the winter. Nature's quilted design creates beauty at every level.
