Two child-sized Adirondack chairs rest among the golden leaves.
Tell the truth.
Have you ever "haunted" a former house or garden? Do you drive by to check out the height of the sycamore tree you planted? Do you wonder if the new owners are feeding the azaleas?
Read about how some have coped with "gardening grief" in my latest story in the Home & Garden section of the LA Times.
Letting go and moving on, whether it's associated with a garden or an illness, are never easy.
Even in winter the garden is full of life: lemons ready for squeezing, flowering maple in full bloom, an old chandelier converted to a garden fixture and miniature strawberries scattered across the path.
A moss-covered Buddha presides over the shade garden.
I know that one day - in a year perhaps - we'll sell this house. I'm already grieving over the garden.
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