Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Spending Lazy Days with Friends in their Gardens

One of my favorite summer pastimes is spending lazy, warm days with friends in their gardens. Today, we sketched in Cynthia's garden full of lanterns, roses and pots full of geraniums, nasturtiums and pansies.

Last week, I visited Marianne and loved the time spent in her country garden- talking, reading, being outdoors, listening to bees, birdsong, and the chickens.

My friends tend wild gardens- richly planted with a variety of flowers, colors and foliage- a little unkempt like English cottage gardens. Their wildness and abundance touches some inner place in my soul- a Northwest "tropical" garden full of life and lush growth.

4 comments:

lilylovekin said...

Love your watercolor, I can feel the heat of summer coming off your photos.

cynthia said...

Thanks for that nice post, Paula. I looked at my garden again and it is very wild! But you made it look so charming in your sketch and photos.

Gwen said...

I love Japanese lanterns, that garden must be beautiful! I love your sketch!

Butterfly Works said...

Beautiful gardens....wonderful pictures...