Photo Friday: Author’s choice – The Colours of Summer
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“The greatest gift of the garden is the restoration of the five senses” ~ Hanna Rion
The Sun Garden:
The round brass globe represents the sun and the flowers and plants are all chosen for their warm hues.
Below: That’s me sitting in The Sun Garden, deep in thought …
I love doors set in walls – this one is in The Sun Garden:
The Sun globe is at the centre of the garden – with planets set in the brick path around it. The wooden and metal structure over the globe is a circle with sun rays reacing out into the garden. It a fine piece of architectural garden art :
“Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth” ~ Buddha
The Moon Garden
The plants and the flowers are chosen for their cool hues:
Cool running water flows …
The Moon, in all it’s different phases (set in the stone wall):
“I think that if ever a mortal heard the voice of God it would be in a garden at the cool of the day” ~ F. Frankfort Moore, A Garden of Peace
Below: The Starway Path in the Moon Garden:
Below: Another pathway in The Moon Garden – up close:
I know that if odour were visible, as colour is,
I’d see the summer garden in rainbow clouds.
~ Robert Bridges, “Testament of Beauty”
The Rainbow Garden:
Notice the sea view in the distance:
“See how nature – trees, flowers, grass – grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence…we need silence to be able to touch souls” ~ Mother Theresa of Calcutta
Below: That’s all for today folks! Obviously I didn’t take the photo below!
Advance Diary
Friday 26th June: Author’s choice – Looking Down (from a great height perferably – or from an upper window)
Friday 3rd July: Author’s choice – Roof Tops & Chimney Pots.
Friday 10th July: Author’s choice - A Guided tour around …. (a selection of photos that give a guided tour around a favourite building or place – it could be a church, or library, or any building, or a park etc. in you own home town)
Let me know what topics you’d like by leaving a message in the comments!
Alfie: Born (approximately) 1st September 2008 (from Cat's Protection rescue centre)
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great photos Jan
What a lovely garden, I wish we had one of those here.
I will put up a blog in the morning.
By: iveystory on June 19, 2009
at 11:47 am
So pretty, at first I thought it was your garden!
By: bookbabie on June 19, 2009
at 2:42 pm
how absolutely gorgeous jan….thanks for showing us…is that garden in sidmouth?
By: Magik Quilter on June 19, 2009
at 3:12 pm
Hi Kathleen, It’s about 5 miles away from where I live. It’s a tourist attraction with model railways and beautiful gardens. The Tea Room is a train carriage all fitted out for use – and they serve wonderful cream teas! You can also take a train ride around the grounds on a miniature train.
By: Author on June 19, 2009
at 4:57 pm
What a gorgeous garden! I love gardens. I used to love summertime at my grandma’s house she always had such a beautiful yard and it was full of pear, plumb, crab apple, cherry, apricot, and peach trees. She also had a black raspberry bush. My brothers and cousins and I always had fun picking the fruit and then grandma would make jams and syrups out of the fruit…they were the best. She also had spearmint leave planted under the pear tree, I just love the way that stuff smelled. Her rose bushes were always in bloom and the honey suckle and trumpet vine were always full of humming birds. Her back yard was one of the most beautiful places I’ve ever been… this was just her back yard her front yard had a snowball bush and lots of other flowers…wish it was still like that, now it’s mostly dirt.
By: spatulahandle on June 20, 2009
at 2:48 am
So much to see in this garden! Beautiful stone work and flowers!
By: Lew on June 20, 2009
at 5:16 am