Wednesday, June 8, 2011

I will be the gladdest thing under the sun! I will touch a hundred flowers and not pick one.

We are currently enduring a heat wave on the east coast (the heat index today is 102 degrees - yowza). So, I won't exactly be languishing outdoors today. But the high heat hasn't kept me from daydreaming of lovely gardens, courtyards, and other outdoor spaces. One day, I will have a yard or patio, however small, of my very own. I will plant lots of wild things, pluck a couple of chairs down in the middle, and be content.

A hint of autumn in the late summer garden
(Source: Four Seasons Garden)

cap d'antibes
(Source: Sandra Beijer)

Boboli Gardens Path - Florence
(Source: battyward)

Chelsea 2007 Courtyard gardens. etc
(Source: UGArdener)

nightime balcony garden
(Source: ly ly ly)

Al Fresco Breakfast
(Source: Michael DaKidd)

courtyard
(Source: Riki Leavitt)

022
(Source: _missmoss_)

Wouldn't you like to climb right into these photos and get lost for a while?

*Post title from the poem "Afternoon on a Hill" by Edna St. Vincent Millay.

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9 comments:

  1. ClaireJune 8, 2011 at 2:56 PM

    I love these! They make me wish I liked hot weather a little more :P I usually spend most of my summers in air conditioning... it's a shame, I know!

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  2. Sue LynJune 8, 2011 at 9:46 PM

    i think that is a wonderful idea, really; having yr own garden. imaging all the lovely things you could grow there! (:

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  3. Melissa at bubbyandbean.comJune 9, 2011 at 5:31 PM

    I would LOVE to get lost in these photos!

    xo,
    melissa

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  4. Jo - Lost in the HazeJune 9, 2011 at 11:36 PM

    I am obsessed with beautiful gardens! <3 One of my friends used to have a tree archway about 50m long on the drive to her house! Then they chopped it down! Arghh!

    x
    www.lostinthehaze.com

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  5. My Inspired RealityJune 10, 2011 at 8:38 AM

    These are amazing gardens, you have inspired me to paint one of those scenes:):)

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  6. UnknownJune 12, 2011 at 2:40 PM

    Beautiful photos, oh how I long for my own little bit of green! It'd raining here, so for differnet reasons I am dreaming of being in a beautiful garden from indoors at the moment too!

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  7. HelenJune 13, 2011 at 4:52 PM

    I love the balcony with the fairy lights and the kitty cat! Gorgeous.

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  8. lesleyJune 14, 2011 at 2:47 PM

    absolutely gorgeous outdoor spaces! i wish my backyard looked as lovely as any of these...

    xoxo,
    lesley

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  9. Alessandra @ Tribal TimesJune 14, 2011 at 4:45 PM

    Holy backyard of my dreams! That first on is to much! Just would love to have a picnic right smack in the middle of it!

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