Instead of just recording reality,

photographs have become the norm

for the way things appear to us ­

thereby changing the very idea of reality.

 

------Susan Sontag

 

A Walk around the garden, seeing plants, cats, birds and the like is often very relaxing. Some of my photos seem to fit naturally into this category. So here it is! Hope you enjoy it.-BT, July 14, 2007

 

"All gardeners live in beautiful places because they make them so."

-  Joseph Joubert

 

Garden Terraces on the patio

May, 2008

 

 

Terrace 1 on the patio

May 18, 2008

 

 

"I firmly believe that nature brings solace in all troubles."

 

----Anne Frank

 

 

Terrace 2 also on the patio

May 18, 2008

 

 

"If you truly love nature, you will find beauty everywhere."

----Vincent Van Gogh

 

 

A group of Picasso blossoms on the terrace

 

 

"The landscape belongs to the person who looks at it."

----Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

 

Royal Dark Blue and Red Blizzard in hanging baskets in the summer sun

August 25, 2007

 

A Walk

 

Today I'd like to take

A walk around the garden.

The peace and serenity

Brings one to a calmness

And Appreciation of nature

And its magnificence.

My mind relaxes and the peace

Flows smoothly from the mind

To the heart.

--BT, July 14, 2007

 

 

"Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old."

------Author: Franz Kafka

 

A favorite corner of the garden for the Hummingbirds

August 8, 2007

Agapanthus, Iceberg Roses and Alstromeria

More of the east corner

 

 

"I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order."

---John Burroughs

 

Salmon Queen

July 30, 2007

 

The Salmon Queen

 

Rests its beauty in the shade

 

Of the morning, bringing peace

 

To its domain.

 

Salmon Queen, you are the one;

 

The darling of the morning.

 

 

 

----BT

 

 

"There's no need for a piece of sculpture in a home that has a cat"

-  Wesley Bates

One of our favorites exploring the garden

The Siamese loves to be in the garden!

 

"A cat's eyes are windows enabling us to see into another world."

- Irish Legend

 

 

The terrace on the patio

 

 

"There is, indeed, something inexpressibly pleasing in the annual renovation of the world, and the new display of the treasures of nature."

----Samuel Johnson

 

 

The eastern corner of the garden

June 27, 2007

 

"Flowers are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of the world."

 

----Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

 

Arctic Red ivy geranium-on the new terrace

June 26, 2007

 

 

 "Gardening is about enjoying the smell of things growing in the soil, getting dirty without feeling guilty, and generally taking the time to soak up a little peace and serenity."

----Lindley Karstens

 

 

 

 

 

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