Days of Sunshine & Sequoia Trees

Today, the sun was so bright and cheerful, and I was seized with the strange desire to visit a garden centre that I’d never visited before. They were far out of town on a little road, sandwiched between farms and fields. It wasn’t a place that one just drops by — the journey required a plan, and picking up food in town to eat on the way.

We arrived, and had to slowly cruise down a long driveway, past a house and garage, which gave us both pause. Was this the right place? Or had we simply driven i...