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Below, a portion of Mirror Lake Inn. Did I mention it's in the Adirondack's?
I guessed there might be a bear inside, below.
Details done right, below. I typically spec new shutters into landscape designs.
My room, below, is the bay window & 2 windows facing through the trees on the same floor.
Views, below, from all of my windows were spectacular. It snowed the morning I arrived.
Another view, above, from my window. Laying in bed or the Jacuzzi tub I could see the lake and snow capped mountains.
After walking around Mirror Lake I was glad to sit, above. With age I've come to adore Adirondack chairs. Great to set a glass of wine on one arm and a plate upon the other. All while being comfortable and visiting with friends.
Thursday is my favorite New York Times edition. I went into the local library, above, and read the paper while overlooking Mirror Lake and snow capped mountains. .
Perennially Yours was the symposium I spoke at. Kerry Mendez, garden designer, put it together for hands-on gardeners. One in particular stole my heart. At breakfast a woman said to me, I have a Japanese garden on the shore of Lake Champlain. A line to attract any gardeners attention. Her garden began the day the Korean War started. On that day she arrived, with her newly minted botany degree, in Japan. She was working for SAC, the Strategic Air Command. Japan was a 3-year stint for her.
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Somehow I've got to get to Lake Champlain to see her Japanese garden, and her.
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Cold zone gardening changes a person. No time to waste in a short growing season. I was the speaker but listening to stories over meals & during walks humbled me. Gave a new window into what gardening means as a companion in life.
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Landscape design doesn't change but how it's accomplished in the pattern of a life does.
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Garden & Be Well, XO Tara
1 comment:
Lovely lake and Inn. Peaceful. Very interesting about the lady from Japan and her gardening.
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