Fall garden becomes Winters

My garden begins to change in the fall with the first frost.

Blooms change from vibrant to show more of life's hardness.

Beauty still holds for a while, but with time that beauty fades

to eventually be buried by a blanket of white.

That's when winter sunshine so rare, brings a little colour and anticipation to a new garden.

                        I want my garden to go on.
                        I cannot bear to think of it as a place
                        that may be tenanted only in the easy months.
                        I will not have it draped with nature's dust sheets.
                       That is why I waged this battle for winter flowers...
                                                      ~ Beverley Nichols