WATERING CAN
“Let us crown ourselves with roses, before they be withered: let no meadow escape our riot. Let none of us go without his part in luxury: let us everywhere leave tokens of joy: for this is our portion, and this our lot.”—BOOK OF WISDOM THE ABOVE QUOTE was the inspiration for Robert Herrick’s famous line “Gather ye rosebuds while ye may” from his poem “To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time.” Having departed from my usual format to dedicate last issue’s “Watering Can” to my husband in the garden, I shall continue in that vein with the same protagonist in a different setting. This 4th of July while in Fairhope, Alabama, my dearly beloved Gates suffered a life-threatening heart event. We were on pins and needles and prayers for around 18…