Rêver au jardin

Voici une occupation que j’ai toujours du mal à tenir: Rêver au jardin…Ne rien faire quoi! Difficile pour moi qui ai tendance à être sans cesse en mouvement! Et pourtant, mon jardin me permet dans deux circonstances d’arrêter le cours de mes frénétiques allées et venues… Oh vous allez voir c’est très simple! La premièreContinue reading “Rêver au jardin”

Transforming a cherry tree from landscape to furniture & art

Long ago, someone planted a tiny, spindly tree. It grew. A puppy chewed off much of the bark. The tree survived. It grew, and grew, and grew until it spread over the pool, the roof, the patio. Its trunk thickened until nobody could see the pool from the house. Sadly, it was time for theContinue reading “Transforming a cherry tree from landscape to furniture & art”

Celebrating landscape architecture month

The local chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA), of which Annette is a longstanding member, gathered at the state capitol to inform people about the profession. It also happened to be the birthday of Frederick Law Olmsted, considered the founding father of landscape architecture in the United States, so they placed aContinue reading “Celebrating landscape architecture month”

Jardin plaisir… Jardin cauchemar!!!

Non petit computer , tu ne vas pas m’attraper encore! Mais je vais te donner une petite histoire… quand même!!! Le jardin m’a donné du plaisir, avec Blue eyes qui a de nouveaux yeux et la sculpture de Mike pour la rose grimpante ‘Red Fountain’… La voici la fontaine de sang lorsqu’elle allait s’avachir surContinue reading “Jardin plaisir… Jardin cauchemar!!!”

Gnome Rejuvenation

Has your gnome lost his color? Has the twinkle faded from his eyes, the rose from his cheeks? You can recolor him, better than he was. Cleaner, brighter, gnomier! All it takes is a small flat brush and a small round one. I used artist’s acrylics, deciding not to worry about the paint fading becauseContinue reading “Gnome Rejuvenation”