Time has shown that this variety of almond has no intention of exceeding four or five feet. The quilt was designed with the previous assumption in mind. Therefor the almond had to be moved to another location and a redbud substituted in order for the garden to match the quilt. T he second window looks out on the Fellowship House and the tree planted by our first minister, Dave McPherson. The plantings around the house are what I imagine will be there in a few years when the small rhododendrons now growing in isolation will be flanked by other broad leaved evergreens and serve as a background for flowers.
Attention is centered on the rainbow, evidence of a passing summer shower.
Like all the others in this series it is taken from American Indian lore. I chose that source because the theme of these quilts is nature and I think of these people as being especially close to nature. I want to thank Sally Boeckel for her help in searching the literature. T he third window shows our courtyard garden in the autumn. Some day the four Sargent's crabapple trees, planted in memory of Jack Simms, will touch overhead, sheltering us from the summer sun while we have coffee in their shade.