Stone at doorway, below.
Concrete blocks/gravel for parking, below.
Cubed stone/gravel, below, for roads.
And, below,
they look great together.
Cafe, below. Yes, it was YUM. They have their own CHEF.
From the cafe windows, below.
They also sell plants, below. Adore their crunchy gravel paths.
Directly across the street, below,
is their farm. Produce is sold fresh & used in the Cafe.
On occasion, I'm put into a different playground. Land. 
Do you know what's different about Landscape Design in a subdivision vs. land?
Nothing.
2 chairs + table; works every time.
Complete follow-thru, below, at the back of the home. RARE !
From the landscape there are NO unconsidered views of your home.
Most garden magazines waste my time. Neglecting to educate, inspire or widen my horizon.
Instead I look to other realms/arts for landscape design inspiration.
With very little, much is created. 
Without moving my feet, above, another pic of the same space. Leaving this wall bare, eyes flow to the garden & sky. 
Double wheeled demand less physically + don't compact the soil as much.
'Wine', written larger than 'program'.
Women with
priorities.
Sitting down to lunch,
desert waiting on the sideboard,
is when I put the
kettle on top of the stove. Boiling water for the French press coffee pot.
BAD doormats set me off. Disrespect. 
They date themselves.
At this angle, below, it doesn't matter the flowers are in plastic pots. They aren't visible.
At terrace level, below, there was a pond. I moved it. 
Dwarf mondo will be planted between the stones, matching the rest of the terrace.
Duck Foot ivy will be planted on the riser to the greenhouse, hiding the timber & adding lushness. (Lushosity?)
Preparing to carry desert & decaf to the Conservatory, above.
These are getting rattier by the day.
Doesn't matter, from the house they look fabulous, their rattiness doesn't show.
Tulips last longer when you keep them in your conservatory. 
Her long table staged with stems cut that morning from the garden, a beautiful book opened to exactly the right page for color/content, a textile she had woven set as collage upon the gorgeous wood, dishes & food arranged as jewels, silver-linen napkins-art more collage styling, menu seasonal & delicious, hiring an assistant to serve-clear-facilitate-disappear, music, conversation. Life affirming.
Contrasts on this new home are wicked good.
Curves, squares, arcs, circle, colors, wood, brick, glass, slopes, rectangles, peaks, valleys, flat, vertical.
Landscape Design is more than 'right plant-right place'.
a mortar & brick style of the past.
At terrace level bricks are flush with mortar. The rest of the bricks are slightly raised.
Instead of bringing the brick 'straight' to the curb I flared it slightly.
A common technique for painting on canvas; transition from wider to narrower for creating the illusion of greater depth.
Can you believe the timing of the shadow? Ugh!
