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Courageous Womnen and Mistress Fat. She also began work on the last two books i the wildly popular Anne off N oïv l r Inem eff Green Gables series , Anne of WindY Motoe3sheart: «Norval is so beauti- fil now that it takes my breath. Those pmne hulis filf of shadows - those rier reaches - those bluffs of mple and A u u e smoothtrunked beech - with drifts of wild white blossom everywhere. I love u i n e Norval as 1 bave neyer loved any place save Cavendish (her home on Prince Edward Island)." Luicy Maud Montgomerys memory kept aliv By Katherine Sealey Shirley. Thejournals served as an outlet for her frustrations. She cafls them her «life- baaks", writing "At the end of a disheart- ening day, I creep to this aid journal for a bit of comforting - I need it.- The fourth edition shows a lonely woman stifled by the conventions of her turne. In total, Montgomery's journals span 53 years of her life, starting at the . lpAnf1 NovLacy oM d ntoery>s yerds i When she moved ta Narval, at the age Narval rhedhroncoedhher onwar-h of 54, Montgomnery's ife was i a difficuit th orheiino e esnaljur phase. She lot lier money i the stock market crash ofl1929, maney she had won The series 'S entitled, The Selected after a 12-year battle with a publisher. As Journals of L.M. Montgomery, and she faoed her financial crisis, her hus- reveals a slightly darker side of band, Ewan Macdonald, Norval's Montgomery tha is shawn i her well- Presbyterian minister, battled mental il- known works like Anne of Green Gables ness. I-is.iability ta perform bhis duties and Blue Castle. As pier Montgomery's praperly - Montgomery sometimes had instructions, the journals were not t deliver MacdonaldIs sermons when hie released until 1992, 50 years afcer hier wasicapacitated - led ta their ousting death. by the community. Her sans performied The journals are edited by Mary badly at school. Chester, hier eldest son, Henley Rubio and Elizabeth Hiflnan impregnated and married the daughter of Waterston, who are bth prafessars at the ane of the church eIders. Montgomery University of Guelph. They head the U of was also distressed by the affections of a Gs LM. Montgomery project, wbich eval- young lesbian i the village. lier life as a uates bistorical sites associted with the rinister's wife was a dismal one, but she author and serve as experts for numeraus stili managed ta focus an the simple plea- articles and tours in her naine. They are sures, be it a well-prepared meal, gossip currently working on the fifth and fia with a friend or dabbling i photography edition of the journal series. Some of lier pictures are featured i this Montgomnery's books are loved by pe- edition. pie around the world (icluding amassive Even though her personal life was i following i Japan), bave been tr-anslated chaos, she was productive during the ito 250 languages and seil as many as years at the Presbyterian Manse. She 35,000 copies a year i Canada. Despite wrote six of her 22 novels while in Narval: hier hiterary succesa, Montgomnery's own ma t gcfoMrildA life was not as carefree as that of her cre- EiY"s QuestMgifoMaiodA ations, ike red-headed orphan Ane Tangled Web, at of Silver Bush, Bringingyour garden insi By Lyn Glanfield tbat you use for annual fiowers i the si Right, Halton His Councillor Kathy Gastie, left, Melanie Simmons, centre, and Luella Veijalainen, a grand- daughter of Lucy Maud Montgomery, stand outside the Narval Presbyterian Church in period costumes during the villagels recent Montgomery Christmas celebrations. Below, Megan Milne checks out the handmade dolis at the church craft sale. de summer, -hrn to For xnany people, the. gardening seasn is over until next year, but at aur house a new and exciting gardening season is just begin- ning. We bave bsen very busy the last week or so, pruning and gathering materials for aur winter garden displays. For the areas iaur garden where narcissus and crocus are planted for the spring, we bave been collsctig fir and white pine bougbis ta cover the planting areas. Each year at this tinis, we carefily prune aur firs and wbite pmses, selsctively removing branches ta control the size and shape of aur trees wbile still allow- ing them taretaintheïr beautifW natural formn. We place the bougbsi the garden, wsaving the branches together ta form a flat, evergreen mat over the bulb areas. The branches stay green ail winter, adding lovely texture and colour ta the garden wbile providing a protec- tive covering over the bulbs. I the spring, the bulbs push their way up through the bougbs creating a stunning displayof bloomls that look inarvellous against the lovsly carpet of green branches. This is also the time we begifltuoprpare aur winter arranigements for aur pots, urns and wall ngers. If you already bave containers yourwintr gadenas well? Many containers can be safely ussd out- doors i the winter, exoept perbaps for dlay pots, wbich tend ta be very crumbly If you do not bave any suitable pots, use a few brown fibre pots instead. They are very inexpensive, and provide a simple, iconspicuious container for yaur arrangements. LUne your pot or manger with plastic, and fill with damp, coarse peat mass. If your pot will be expossd ta the wind, you may need ta place a few stanes i the bottom. Begin your composition by arranging the filer boughis ta create the overail planting sbape you would like ta acbieve. You sony choose from a fan, ver- tical, dame or asymmietrical sbape depending on the size and sbape of your container and the location in wbichyour container will be plaoed. As you build up the composition, you cen begin ta add the contrast plants ta create a pleasig proportion of colour and texture. Finaly, a few accent plants cen be added for sparkle and iterest. There are many plants that cen be proned now ta be used as material for your arrangements. As a basic green conif- erons filer, white pine, spruoe, fir, and oedar See page 21 Photo by Ron Kuzyk Walter Rickli works on one of his mrations as his daughter-in-law, Lyn Gtanfield, owner of the Garden Studio in Lowville, looks on.