Dirt and Petals

Took a few days off to play in my garden—picking strawberries, turning compost, trimming privet, transplanting seedlings, chasing my own "seedlings" with bubbles, building trellises, watching baby birds, shoveling dirt, laying out straw, hoarding the last whiffs of peonies and mock orange, dodging thunderstorms, and overdosing on strawberry smoothies. From the busy Boston street out front, you'd never know this was out back: