Friday, May 27, 2011

In The Garden

A beautful pot, which you can't see for all the plants!
There was a small swimming pool in the back yard when C and MA bought the house.  The promptly removed it.  Their daughter, who is a landscape architect, designed and built this garden for them.  What a wonderful gift!
The Fountain.  Toby likes to drink from the basin.

Raised beds for vegetables.

Yummy artichoke.  We had it for lunch.

Blooms everywhere.

Closeup of the fountain.
The garden is a beautiful place, surrounded by high walls.  There is a huge Catalpa tree which is covered in white blooms, except for the ones constantly dropping in the garden.  I sweep them up every day, but it still looks like snow on the ground the next morning.

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