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Beloved said he wanted a property with open, wooded and a lake. I produced. He should have been more specific, G*d not only laughs when we tell him our plans, he often provides exactly what we ask for, then laughs. Beloved wanted to be on the lake, well, the lake belongs to our neighbor, but it's our view, they have no view of it.
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At most we plan a small dock, below, and recently Beloved mentioned a stone wall for our little pond.
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Brooke & Steve Giannetti's pond, below.
Pic, above, here.
Several times late this spring, and summer, I've walked to our pond and rustled a pair of ducks. No normal ducks. The pair is entirely deep cobalt blue. Grew up with a pond & creek behind our house, never, did I see blue ducks.
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Before the dock, before the stone edge, a well must be dug, pole barn built, coop built, etc. But there is something for 'now'. The floating duck house.
Pic, above, here.
Ponds, above, belong to a pair of California girls who met through their blogs. Brooke Giannetti tells the story of meeting Penelope Bianchi, here.
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Penelope, I was drawn to, from her blog, with a style matching my dear mentor Mary Kistner. Long after I had written Penelope a fan letter, and now we are friends because she wrote me back, and we still write each other, I came across one of my journals, several years old. Penelope's house/garden had been in a magazine & I journaled it in the style of Mary Kistner who exposed me to the work of Kurt Schwitters. Did not realize I had journaled Penelope's home/garden until years passed & I had moved, came across the journal, casually went through it, then pow. Pow. A Batman & Robin POW !!!
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Brooke was inspired by Penelope's pond. And it shows. Penelope & Brooke, below, at Penelope's home/garden.
Pic, above, here.
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You know what Garden Design rule this is? It's the 1st Garden Design rule. Copy.
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Garden & Be Well, XOT
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Pic, above, here.
