Planting

I awoke with caged geraniums in my ageing cranium.

Caged geraniums are Banff’s gardening emblem. Nibbling ungulates necessitate protected blossoms. For my 20 years there, I accepted the impossibility of cultivation. It wasn’t difficult; tenacious and ephemeral alpine flowers were more than enough for me.

Vancouver: my first chance at a freely-growing greenery. I had no clue how. Even when we want a certa…