My Garden Visits -- Could You Live in a Greenhouse?

Another wet, heavy snow forced me to bring the few plants
that I'd bought on a warm, sunny day inside so they wouldn't freeze overnight.

I know, I know.
We aren't supposed to plant annuals until mid-May but I just couldn't resist.

So, a small fold-up table by a south-facing window in the house

became my emergency greenhouse for a few days while the snow melted
and the temperatures slogged back up to a respectable number.

Seeing all those plants pushed together on that table made me think of being in a greenhouse, surrounded by buds ready to open and greenery spreading its leaves out to embrace the sun.

And I thought, wouldn't it be fun to live in a greenhouse?

Where, any time we felt like it, we could pluck a bloom at its peak to bring into the house,
plop it into an old bottle and display it on a table with vintage books.

Or enjoy the heady scent of herbs perfuming the air - rosemary, basil and thyme. 

And walk between the rows of wooden tables brimming with bright green leaves 

and familiar flowers and discovering new friends we didn't yet know.

It reminded me of when I volunteered in the garden department of the Denver Zoo. 

For a few hours a day I felt like I was living in a greenhouse 

and it made me feel very peaceful and dreamy. 

The air was warm and heavy with the smell of dirt and compost and tropical flowers. 

Volunteers zipped up and down the aisles with wheeled carts of big flats of plants

and I could almost hear the seedlings' high-pitched squeals of laughter.
Or was it the plant devas (fairies)?

Oh, to live in a greenhouse with abundant life all around would be a rich life indeed. 

I could definitely live in a greenhouse. How about you?

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