lily time...

~the lily's are open...the scent is amazing, they hide under the Linden tree's in the south garden...
have a great Friday

summertime...

free to be...xo

"patience is passion tamed"

~lyman Abbott

~in all things...I love...nature tells me the secrets of life

morning light...

inspiration
lingers around every corner...

to follow the dancing light and shadow...
shows me everything is constantly changing...
sitting in my office...working at the computer,
the light awakened me...xo

a few of my ...

favorite things...

grapes on the vine

&

sweet lavender ....

life is simply lovely I must say...xo

Gardening is, after all, the grandest experiment in immortality.... ~unknown author

forever...

~peel away the choas and discover
true
tranquility...

forgotten lessons...

~the profound desire to reawaken our dormant senses...

I do my best living when my mind is turned off...it's like having the world come to you verse you trying to make everything happen...the best part is... i am so at peace...have a most excellent day...xo

too see...

~no garden {life} is without fault or failure, and patience,
flexibility and compromise are the
gardener's necessary virtues.

taken from the book(the gardeners life)

the poppy's are done blooming...but leave us with a most outstanding architecture for the garden...
I feel that way everyday, there is always something new and enchanting...xo

time with the chicks...

~some simple...lovely time with my daughter and niece's...not so much about what we do..but how we do it...full of love and kindness...have a wonderful "HOT" weekend...xo

my pup doing her job...

as i sit at the computer...editing the last wedding...my pups are doing their jobs...
Poppy lays on the office floor in a semi deep sleep ..ready at any moment ...
and Lacy sits on her chair and lets me know of everything going on in the North garden...
I have a sweet life...xo

the gift of a flower...

what a great shoot...she just turned 4 ....believe it or not I still feel like a 4 year old, when it comes to my imagination and all life's surprises...may your childlike quality come out today ....xo

sweet of the sweet...

a little indulgence...fresh, sweet, beautiful cherry of mine...
happy Monday!!!xo

both in need of a rest...

the gardening hat and my dear friend "lacy" have taken a good rest...so have I...listening to a little Ludovico Einaudi...makes my moments magic....sweet Sunday to all...xo

honoring imperfection...

"making some repairs...
but honoring the beauty
of imperfection."

the house painting project is going pretty smoothly...I just have to remember she's
pretty old and has some tender spots...like the south facing balcony, she will need a couple new pieces... oh yes deciding on the color of her coat..it took awhile, i finally let my intuition be in charge and choose the color "winter garden" yes that's the name....xo

charming gardeners....

"let us be grateful
to people who make us happy;
they are the charming gardeners
who make our souls blossom."

~Marcel Proust

have a most excellent day...I am...xo

yumm..from the veggie garden

thinning some baby carrots..so cute..

a little flat and curly parsley to dry...

the peas are almost ready...they will not make it to the kitchen...my daughter and I like them straight out of the pod...i so love the taste of fresh veggie's...xo

a little magic...in the garden

the hollyhocks, the fairy roses and the Delphine's all remind me of little dolls dancing in the garden...yes...i really do live in another world, my life is most abundant, with the simple pleasures...xo

twice as nice...

two flower girls at the last wedding ...charming I must say...to photograph childern
is like watching a orchid open...you forget the world just for that moment...and yes...my orchid opened yesterday while I was in the shower...wow...what a site...I am talking about the orchid...HaHa...have a great day!! xo

LA VIE EN ROSE

the roses are blooming...I feel as though I am having a love affair with my garden...like in the french song LA VIE EN ROSE...."Roses have a soul because women are Roses" may your love affairs be as sweet as mine...xo

to just be....

"Nature does not hurry,
yet
everything is accomplished."

~ Lao Tzu

this is just one photo from my trip... to my childhood home...my sister and I ...on the swing set
we used to play on...it is still so much fun...it was my fathers when he was just knee high to a grasshopper...have a fantatic day...xo