"to portray ordinary objects as they will be reflected in the kindly mirrors of future times; to find in the objects around us the fragrant tenderness that only posterity will discern and appreciate in far-off times when every trifle of our plain everyday life will become exquisite and festive in its own right: the times when a man who might put on the most ordinary jacket of today will be dressed up for an elegant masquerade." Vladimir Nabokov
Landscapes have always been stories to me.
In a garden there is no waiting for the "exquisite and festive". And that "elegant masquerade"? It's there for the taking in a garden. .
Those who have found it know the key is in the 'taking' and that is the exact point where grace enters. Oh, that grace. It's a ball of energy, creativity, joy, wit, wealth, beauty, acceptance, forgiveness.
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More desks, above, in Susanne Hudson's garden. Aren't her desks exquisite, festive, elegant masquerades? She takes the fragrant tenderness of objects around her and spins gossamer magic.
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Garden & Be Well, XO Tara
ok. when i was young and single i got my first pets away from my parents and family. they were all mine and mine alone. two cats - Humbert and Lolita whom I called Lola. Lola ran away and I then got Quilty who had to be replaced with a Quilty II along the way. Sweet Humbert remained with me through my marraige and birth of my child. awwww. Quilty II lived the longest though. Since I married, I'm now onto dogs whom my husband names after hall of famers:
ReplyDeleteReggie - a girl
Willie - a girl
Georgie - a girl
Sammie - a girl = all named after hall of famers Sammie Sosa, George Herman Ruth, Reggie Jackson, Willie Mays!!!!
I like my cats theme better.