Labor Day...

August 1st I remember thinking how quickly June and July had flown by, but how lucky that all of August stretched out ahead. And now it's September 1st, Labor Day... the end of meteorological summer, the end of summer for those who go by the school year. Of course it's really still summer through September 22nd...

I thought it would be fun to mark the day (Labor Day) with this collection of watering cans I saw during a Hardy Plant Society of Oregon open garden last month, after all laboring in our gardens (over the long, hot, dry summer) means watering, whether you're moving around hoses or hauling vintage cans like these...

vintage metal watering cans as seen in Jennifer Buss' garden

 

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