Why plant grass when you can have this instead?
So glad to see that other people are letting nature take its course.
Mary Soderstrom's blog
It's always nice when people that you write about like what you write. I'm no musician, and one of the big unknowns about River Music was what musicians might think. In fact, I was so unsure that I went out of my way not to ask musicians I knew what their opinion was.
But to my great delight, the reaction of musicians has been spontaneous and very positive. Here are three:
From pianist Jana Stuart:
"Mary, I just finished River Music. I could not put it down. I related so much to the character of Gloria Murray and the plight of the young pianist. I loved it to pieces. "
From Madeleine Owen, lutist and artistic director, Ensemble La Cigale:
"Gloria, is tough and not always likable and yet, I had to recognize some of her difficult choices as merely typical of what a musician, especially a woman, has to do in order to succeed in the competitive world of music."
And Cléo Palacio-Quintin, flûtiste-compositrice says:
"River Music nous emporte dans le flot d'une vie musicale riche en émotions. Dans un rythme fluide, Mary Soderstrom transcrit avec finesse la passion intime d'une interprète pour sa musique...difficile de poser le livre avant la fin."
So glad to see that other people are letting nature take its course.
The other name for this in English is Dutchman's britches, or so my grandmother told me. In French it's sometimes also called the equivalent, coeur saignant, but using its botanical name, dicentra, is pretty nice too.
I love the way it emergences from the ground as soon as the weather warms up, and wihtin a week is knee high and in bloom.
The arrondissement planted a lot of bulbs last fall in curb extensions and they're looking great these days. But here it looks like somebody just dumped some bulbs...or did they? Usually if you don't bury them critters like squirrels will eat them.
Whatever, these have survived and are looking splendid when things are only part way to greening up.