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Just before the bloom
“The garden has taught me to live, to appreciate when things are fallow and when they are not.” ~Jamaica Kincaid Longtime “Life Lines” readers will remember “Apollo” from previous posts. In those photos, he was sporting a wild headdress of colorful annuals or spiky succulents, depending on how I dressed him at the time. Apollo has been featured in several garden magazines and newspaper articles over the years, always enjoying his moments in the sun. Earlier this week, I took this photo of Apollo without his blooming chapeau. I was struck by the barren beauty of the surrounding April landscape — a landscape that’s still waiting for perennials to emerge…