Elwyn and the Garden

Mr. Bellows is the strength of her life. He is a bit of a plodder, but he knows Amy well, and loves her devotedly. He is so patient with her, and all of this is not lost on Amy. Elwyn owns and runs the local garden center, The Garden Gnome. When he is at home he loves puttering around the garden, and often surprises Amy with a bouquet of fresh flowers on her night stand or in the classroom—just when she needs it, it seems. The little home garden that Mr. Bellows has so lovingly planted and cultivated has become a place of sanctuary for Amy. In this garden Amy whispers the things that are in her heart that she could never bring herself to say out loud in the outside world. She has even named her favorite garden gnome with the friendliest face Elwyn, and she tells him what she only wishes that she could say to him face to face. Even there in her sanctuary there are those interlopers who seem bent on making a mess of the perfect rows and hedges by their digging, gnawing, and even sometimes eating her favorite vines and blossoms. Mice, moles, the occasional fox, and the pesky rabbit who has become her garden nemesis.