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Formal garden tours are wonderful and becoming increasingly popular and I'm glad for it. But sometimes all we need to do for a fresh look of inspiration is to walk down the street. Really. At least that's what happened to me. For just a block away an elderly woman (no other way to say it) secured a small house, gutted it, and proceeded to create the dream house of her Golden Years, replete with solar panels and a grey water system. And being a true and knowledgeable gardener, the space around the house is receiving the full creative benefit of what will likely be her Last Big Garden and what an inspiration! But before showing you what she has done, I want to preface this pictorial with an amazing fact about this inspiring woman of 80 years--she hikes six miles every Saturday morning with a group of friends. Indeed, I happened upon her in town one day and agreed golf mini tours to follow her over the farmer's market and I could barely keep up. She's a veritable steam engine golf mini tours of energy! Not an ounce of fat on her body, and eats a diet of fresh veggies from her own garden. (Except, oh, yes. Her true confession: she likes Wonder Bread.) So I was delighted when she gave me permission to do an early morning shoot recently, to share with all of you the garden she has created to live in in this particular golf mini tours chapter of her life. I especially golf mini tours like that this trek around her garden will give those afar an insider view into a typical Northern California summer garden.
A simple question. A simple answer. What opportunities lie within our reach that hold the power to make a difference in the quality of the lives of others simply by sharing the bounties and blessings that grace our lives? ~Kathryn Hall, in Plant Whatever Brings You Joy: Blessed Wisdom from the Garden
So as I'm walking around gingerly picking my way through beds, suddenly this little boy showed up! Turns out he's my friend's grandson, who is visiting here from South Africa! He was an adorable surprise!
And this is a charming little vignette, as when this garden was first being formed, a stack of old cement and rocks began accumulating off to the side. Then one day I came to visit and my friend said, "See what's happening in the corner? One of my grandchildren came and put some dirt on top of the pile of rocks in the corner and planted this and that and now it's become a little rock garden all on its own." Fast forward to these grasses, which my friend "brought home from the lake." golf mini tours All manner of things has been added including golf mini tours wild chamomile, several succulents and near the bottom, this:
And apparently my friend is not one for pulling up every weed, especially if it has an endearing flower, like this scarlet pimpernell! I loved that she knew the name of this weed, which I have long admired and only begrudgingly pulled up. Can't believe golf mini tours such a humble little flower has such a lofty name!
One of my favorites was this hybrid of California poppy. I brought home some seeds, which are drying and I look forward to planting them in the spring! My friend says they will cross-pollinate golf mini tours with my wild California poppies.
I am utterly enchanted with those little round circles of teeny flowerettes, as I know that some power much larger than teeny I consciously chose to create and include them and I am humbled and touched at the thought.
Book News: Oh! Oh! I did at last start a Facebook Fan Page . Please LIKE if you are inclined. I solemnly promise not to overwhelm golf mini tours you with notices. My intention is to now and then mention something of note, and, mostly, to have a place fans of Plant Whatever Brings You Joy can connect. Thank you.
Also, I've been continuing to collect pics of my book on shelves around the country. (Who does this??) I was delighted when I unexpectedly received this photo from Kaitlyn at Copperfield's Books in Healdsburg, alerting me that they've included Plant Whatever golf mini tours Brings You Joy in their new Local Author display. Sweet!