Sunday, December 31, 2017

End of 2017 Slide Show Round-up!

Dear Friends,
    
     It is hard to imagine that in just a few hours, 2017 will end, and I have scarcely written about the garden at all this year.  I console myself with the notion that time not spent with a notebook and pen in hand, (or at the keyboard) was devoted to putting paint to canvas on the easel, and pencil to drawing pad. For me, the creation of Happy Hour at Lenox Saphire 

alone justifies the effort and time expended, and there are yet other works in the making. While I may not have written much about it this year, I have consistently documented the garden - with photographs! The following slide show, (largely unedited), is comprised of a years worth of images of the Potager at Penrose Bungalow. The photographs were made in all seasons and show the garden in every state, from its beginnings in Springtime to its greenest and most colorful in high summer; neatened up, and at its overgrown weediest. There are broad views and close-ups, and while the organization of some images may seem repeated, I suspect it is the plantings themselves that will have evolved, making for renewed interest. While going through these photographs, I was reminded anew of what a habitat the garden is for all manner of animal and insect life, as well as we humans! Now, while a frigid winter has forced many of us inside, I hope these images will entertain and remind everyone of the pleasures to be had being outdoors in the garden.  Think Spring!