Pacific Northwest Gardening: Laurie's Garden Tour, 1 by mauryhillfarm

mauryhillfarm wrote:
Oh my...the power was out for a day and now I must run through the woodlands and across the pastures to catch up. It is lovely fresh air though a bit bracing at this time of year. There's the neighbor's sheep who wants me to rub her ears. So funny!

That pampas grass with the plumes glowing and the darker hills beyond is spectacular. The trees of the wild area, some bare branches and others with colored leaves still hanging on lends a sense of time and the slow turning of the seasons. Then it is so cozy to come back in and warm up by the fire and see your lovely old desk in the office. Warmed up again, it's back outside down the curving path to the front of the room in the barn. That looks like a peaceful hideaway. I love how you use the colors of leaves and flowers, kind of like painting.

If you would like to see an 'old' American farmhouse (well quite young compared to the architecture surrounding you), here is a picture of one from the civil war era, so more like 150 years old. It is in Michigan, and has many fond childhood memories for me, being in a place my family visited often at a cooperative camp on a farmstead. The dining hall is in this building, the music room, library, and also dorm rooms and the infirmary upstairs.



This message was edited Jan 6, 2009 10:29 PM