Thursday, August 18, 2011

ripples

In answer to Fiona's question 

Here is what she said-

I'm very nosey. I'd love to see your garden. Share a photo or two.Write a few small stones. Write a descriptive piece.Tell us what you love about it, and what you hate.

Tell us how it looks in different seasons.I'm sure we'll have a great selection of gardens around the world to have a look around... big or small, humble or fancy, flowers or vegetable.

Here is what I wrote-

Serendipitous  - I found a small stone for today in the garden-as the world came into focus upon waking. It is cool enough to have the windows and doors of the bedroom open to the small but lovely garden. The garden I share with my husband is a very small walled in area that we have tended for over 20 years. A little man made pond sits in the back corner, the waterfall draws birds, frogs and dragonflies. There are dwarf evergreen trees, several varieties of small Asian maple trees and lots of flowers that find ways to thrive. A statue of Buddha happily shares the garden with St  Therese, Winnie the Pooh, a geisha and an angel. It is a lovely place with stepping stones that lead to shady spots and a purple bench. There are weeds hiding between the cardinal flowers and they don't seem to mind. I try to not let it bother me either.  I love that garden. 
 
August  18, 2011 Small Stones
ripples by Teri H Hoover


First bird call in the silent garden
rippling words into departing dreams.


Backyard Garden, Blacksburg, VA- July 2010

And what do you know there goes my 400th blog post.... flittering (against the spell check warnings) into the blogoshere!  Thanks for stopping by.

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12 comments:

  1. What a beautiful picture you paint with your words ... I can feel the peace of your small little piece of paradise. The butterfly looks right at home there!

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  2. Your garden sounds perfectly lovely ~ peaceful, private, and filled with nature's beauty. Sigh. Smile;)

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  3. Clytie- So thankful for your kind words... it is a very restful spot for me and my husband.I will be back to visiting your lovely blog soon-xo teri

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  4. Sharon-my small garden paradise is indeed most peaceful - and very welcoming. xo teri

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  5. Your word pictures are at least as good as your photographs. I would really like to see that beautiful garden.

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  6. George- you are just so nice!! I hope your summer is going well and your garden and summer photography has been lovely! xo teri

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  7. Congratulations on your 400th post!

    Stone and photo are extremely pretty.

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  8. This was such a nice post for your 400th one! Congratulations and thank you for sharing!

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  9. Tilly- so nice to have a visit from a laughing housewife. - teri

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  10. Why thank you very much Richard!

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  11. Oh Teri your stone is exquisite. 400 posts, wow!!! Congratulations my friend:-)

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  12. Laura-So glad to have met you along the way xo teri

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