So much depends...

When you order something big from a catalog, you don't really know what you're getting until the thing is actually out of the box. It just depends. This new blue bench arrived from Gardener's Supply Company last week. When John assembled it, I didn't hear the usual rant about the "idiot" who wrote the instruction sheet or forgot to send this part or the other. It went together fine, although it came with a stern warning of a total weight limit of 350 pounds. (Fortunately, we're not quite there yet.)

The color is the best-- a wonderful sky blue. And it's light enough to move around the garden. The prettiness more than makes up for the fact it isn't very comfortable. And it has already been rained on.

It made me think of this famous little masterpiece of a poem. I don't have a white chicken, but wish I did.

The Red Wheelbarrow

so much depends
upon

a red wheel
barrow

glazed with rain
water

beside the white
chickens.

William Carlos Williams