GARDEN TOUR

 

 

Dear daughter and I went on the Tangletown Garden Tour 2013 yesterday - a summer tour we look forward to every year and don't make always.  It was her birthday wish to go this year and I was able to accommodate her wish!!  We had so much fun, although we had a late start and it was a rainy cool day.

 

House number 5 was probably my favorite.  OMG these people have a garden!!  They even have been featured in a Midwest Magazine article.  They have purchased property from their neighbors as they have put their homes up for sale and added to their yard/gardens.  There is a rose garden, wisteria arbor, rock garden, vegetable garden.....on and on.  There were two artists on site, that put their artwork into the garden as an added feature.
                                                                                

There was even this little shed with a wooden goat on the roof.
                                                    
                                                                              

 

 

It is amazing to see what people do with their yards, filling spaces with such beauty and peacefulness.
I am always inspired, but know the reality for me is difficult as those little deer that I love to watch, eat a lot of what I plant.  It was a lovely day with my lovely daughter. 

xoxo

 

SUMMER

 

My sentiments exactly!!  I LOVE summer!!  It is so wonderful to wake up to sunshine and warmth.

I love the beauty of the color green. I love the sound of the croaking frogs at night. I love the length  of time I can be outside before darkness sets in.  I love bobbing in the warm waters of lakes, rivers, and swimming pools.  (even an ocean this summer)  I love grilled foods.  I love the freedom of the grands with no school.  I love Bayfield-it's warm breezes, blue Lake, fresh berries, and busy-ness of the little town 'come to life'.  I even love the fact that I can go out the front door and go for a walk, without boots, jackets, and pathways free of snow!

 

I love the 'iced' Starbucks latte's too!  I'm off to fetch myself one right now!!