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”
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Grand-Papa Lapin…
C’est un conte de fées que je lisais à ma petite soeur il y a presque 40 ans!!! Vindiou… ça nous rajeunit pas! Il était une fois une famille lapin qui comme toute les familles lapin était très nombreuse! Le plus âgé d’entre eux se nomme Grand-Papa Lapin. Il est artiste peintre. Chaque année ilContinue reading “Grand-Papa Lapin…”
Garden update, one year later
Quite a bit happens in a year. Some plants fail, either totally or partially. Others grow; some re-seed and fill in bare areas. Some decide to conquer their entire section of the garden and have to be dealt with.
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”
Drôles d’oiseaux!
Depuis bientôt 3 ans Mike et moi essayons de redonner à notre jardin un aspect fonctionnel mais aussi très sauvage de façon à attirer à travers la flore locale la faune environnante! Le mois dernier, un nid de tourterelles camouflage dans les branches du bouleau noir s’est rempli de 2 petites têtes plumées qui seContinue reading “Drôles d’oiseaux!”
Blue Eyes, Blue Again
When Blue Eyes arrived, he (or is it she?) lived up to his name. The “eyes” in the rusty metal were indeed blue, albeit a deeper and less florescent hue than today. Over time, rust creeped, blue fled and Blue Eyes became Rust Eyes. We don’t know if the piece’s artist, Vern Peasenell, would approve,Continue reading “Blue Eyes, Blue Again”
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”
Land Art… or just a pile of rocks?
In Provence, a borie is a shelter made of stones, up to a few meters tall. They look like this, only larger and made of gray stone instead of lava rock found in the back yard. An eight foot tall stone hut would look strange in the front yard, and in any case the realContinue reading “Land Art… or just a pile of rocks?”