Mr. Jack Bryer

i met Jack ten days ago but he feels like an old, comfortable friend. 

our common interest is gardening...

his is rhododendron and azalea - mine is perennials.

in 1958, Jack bought four acres of bare ground for four thousand dollars...

un-be-liev-able!

his plot is on the north side of the Gap Hill

and he has a glorious view for miles

of the countryside.

he and his wife built a house

 and Jack either bought or planted starts of azalea and rhodies,

and he's got the cutest raised bed garden.

- join me on our tour of Jack's place -

the back of the house

  this freshly-fallen dogwood was eye-catching...

 

so-o-o lovely!

on the east side of the house is his raised-bed vegetable garden

fertilized by 'black gold' from his own compost pile

that he works on up behind the house.

- his son's beehives -

walking down from  the back of the house is this lovely view...

 these are four azalea  planted together and is simply gorgeous! 

by the way...Jack is eighty-five -

i hope i can still do this at that age!

...blessedness!

ox