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Category: Gardens
To Be Fey And Shui
In response to The Weekly Photo Challenge | Mirror It’s a trend in gardening to create ‘fairy houses’, ‘fairy places’, and in general creating a sort of Tolkienesque shire-like space. Whilst playing with Feng Shui principals regarding directing energy within a space, and so I have begun to add mirrors to my garden. Beginning with these that Crossroad.Man gave me. A garden can create places … Continue reading To Be Fey And Shui
At Ground-level It All Makes Sense
I can hear the sound of wet tires on pavement as the Village comes back to life. The Cardinals were up bright and early, heralding the dawn as they do these early spring mornings. It must have rained all night, but thankfully the thunder was brief, or else I would have had a furry companion last night. Irish hates storms. She sat with me last … Continue reading At Ground-level It All Makes Sense
Happiness Is A Habit
SEPTEMBER 14th, 2014: Sauntering thru the village this sunny morn, and I come across a wonderful thing, a plant exchange. This place is where my heart strayed you know. Right to this street, within the heart of this Village. We say we will pray we have time but often don’t. Few are able (willing?) to sacrifice anything to achieve their hearts desire. Perhaps it stems from … Continue reading Happiness Is A Habit
Joy & Rainy Day Garden Quotes
I love my woodland garden best on rainy days. Each drop is filtered through the Black Walnut above, and I walk along the pathway, admiring each leaf and flower. The play of light as the raindrops settle, illuminating the texture, nature & colour of each. Subtle shifts of light highlight the contrast of leaf, and I imagine the raindrops filtering through the earth towards the … Continue reading Joy & Rainy Day Garden Quotes
The In-Between Garden
On the way to one pathway or another, lies my little woodland. Between the bank and the wall, just outside my stoop. At the end of my working day, as I’m on my way in the door, it beckons me to languish within its peaceful in-between. Hidden away behind the hedge, lies my tranquility, my zen space. In response to The Daily Post’s weekly photo … Continue reading The In-Between Garden
Bringing Light To The Shade
With a few gentle rays of sunshine, my secret garden is illuminated by the setting of the sun, and bespeckled here and there along the concrete pathway through the day. Tis become a place resplendent in cool breezes that swirl through on a hot August day, and over the last few months it has become almost a sacred space, atleast for me. I’ve still things … Continue reading Bringing Light To The Shade
How Does My Garden Grow?
Her heart was a secret garden and the walls were very high.” ― William Goldman, The Princess Bride “For you little gardener and lover of trees, I have only a small gift. Here is set G for Galadriel, but it may stand for garden in your tongue. In this box there is earth from my orchard, and such blessing as Galadriel has still to bestow … Continue reading How Does My Garden Grow?
The Ritual Of The Garden
It’s astonishing how patterned, and straightforward my tastes have become over the years. From a love of wild, blooming nature, to, well, perhaps a more subtle, and by design, perhaps a more natural look at my gardens. When I’ve been out within the wilds, there is symmetry at play, even in the wildest, deepest nooks. It’s there, in the spiral of pinecones, or flocks of … Continue reading The Ritual Of The Garden
Tis A Sorrel Lot
The last couple years I was living at the lake, I found three four-leaf clovers – Magic Is Alive At The Lake. With each of them, I just remember looking down, and there it was. It always happens the same way. It’s like it stands right out all of asudden. I’m always on the look-out, but not a one since. So, whilst out admiring the … Continue reading Tis A Sorrel Lot
The Shamrock of Lazarus
Some plants can be said to be hardy, others delicate and needy. Orchids can be such a beast, needy. Other houseplants, like Spider Plants and Philodendron’, less so. The Oxalis, well, this lovely gem stands somewhat on its own. It tis BOTH hardy and delicate, though not at all needy. Just water when dry. And…the best part…is it’s difficult to kill. Oh, you may believe … Continue reading The Shamrock of Lazarus
Going With The Flow
In gardening, one often finds that good design is often dictated too by adaption. The grand old Black Walnut outside my stoop, and all its juglone seeping, creates adversity to many plants. It oozes out this toxin, and all but a few of the woodlanders thrive – so for me this hindrance for some, is a boon. I am a woodland gardener. I love the … Continue reading Going With The Flow
Views From The Secret Garden
submitted for: The Weekly Photo Challenge | Extra Continue reading Views From The Secret Garden
by PaulaB 