Foggy Sunday Morning

I woke up to a foggy morning, which creates a feeling of secrecy across the garden.  I was unable to do any work yesterday to clean-up the scattered leaves or cut back dying foliage.  It seems a bit abandoned, with every herbaceous perennial dying back slowly to the ground.

Looking out towards the Chesapeake Bay, the water has disappeared into the fog.  The sun was attempting to break through, adding patches of bright light, though still diffused by the lingering fog.

Not visible are the multiple deer hoof prints, creating deep wounds in the soft soil.  In the corner of the labyrinth some deer browsed on the winter berry bush, tearing off chunks of branches covered with bright red berries.  Then it seems to have laid down under the bush, crushing the tops of the perennials growing there.  I look forward to hunting season, and hope the nasty creature will become venison stew!

Finally, here is the very confused Viburnum "Allegheny."  The berries are from the spring when it bloomed and formed them.  The flowers have been very confused by the alternating cold and warm weather, and are blooming now instead of waiting!

I am out of time, but I hope you enjoy a few pictures for the week.

Another Labyrinth

Last weekend I visited another labyrinth in the Santa Fe Railyard Park and Plaza.  I did not find it until the last morning when I took off before dawn to wander the park across the street from the hotel.  It is about a mile out of the center of Santa Fe, and the park was busy with people even at that early hour. Joggers, dog walkers, and morning hikers were moving through the park, nodding and smiling their greetings to me as I walked the modified classic labyrinth paths.  I wish I had tried walking the area days earlier, when I was waking up at 4:40 in the morning, still on Eastern Time.  I could have walked it every morning, with the temperature in the 20's, and the mountains all around.  I will be back to Santa Fe in April, and visit it again.