Tag: Remarkable Landscapes
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Treasures from the Road
Exploring the Coastal Maine Botanical Garden in Boothbay, ME found me on a narrow path deep in the woods. Perhaps this photo reveals the essence of the wild part of CMBG?
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Remembering Late Summer
It’s snowing today and quite beautiful. I’m enjoying the woodland view from the comfort of my home and grateful for it. Within my view the indoor garden features the stunning blooms of ‘Dancing Queen’ Amaryllis that I showcased in this blog last January. Two other varieties are promising flowers and some ‘Paperwhite’ narcissus just might bloom and…
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Stunning December Combinations
Rock, Tree, Grass, Conifer, Sky The sun, low in the sky late in the afternoon in early December, cast long light and shadows in the Adrian Bloom Garden at Massachusetts Horticultural Society at Elm Bank, Wellesley, MA. Seeking winter compositions I found many. Here are my favorites. See how form and color work in the…
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When Fall Comes to New England
Inspiration comes too. Fortunately my life finds me immersed in New England’s autumn colors. Each morning the deepening color of the forest outside my window greets my first waking sight. Daily treks down multicolored leafy roads quiet my mind and call me to attention. This year I beheld the glory of “peak color” in Rangeley, Maine. (That’s right, Rangeley– it’s located…
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APLD Member of the Month
Check out my project featured as APLD Member-of-the-Month. The classic fountain I designed above is part of the courtyard design of this estate project. Use the link: www.apld.com/apldmembers/featured.asp
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The Theraputic Hour and a Memorable Visit to Central Park
Just in from gardening–I finally found time to do a little weeding, pruning dead stuff, and what ever. Just this last week I could actually distinguish live branches on the rose bushes and clematis. The heat wave dried up most of the early blooming daffodils and knocked out the dwarf tulips. So I found myself deadheading those. …
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Connecting Deep Land Experiences and Planning to Daily Life
A recent conversation transported me to a forest landscape in Maine. An unique opportunity to advise a client during the pre-construction planning phase took me on a six hour car ride to deep woods and a barely passable road–it was late March and the snow a lingering shadow. The building site sloped to a noisy…
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Distant Sunrises
Ice Plant Blooming on Santa Cruz Coast (April) 2009 copyright Maria von Brincken Waking in darkness, the time of day some call the “hour of the wolf”– that time of legend when babies are born and people depart this world — my body programed to an east coast clock, I seized the gift of time offered before my scheduled meeting, and headed to the…
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Sunrise Musings
The dawn that woke me mid-week felt different. At some level of awareness I noticed that the sky’s color, the greener foliage of the distant white pine and hemlock, and the sound perception differed from the day before. Later I realized it was a relatively “warmer” morning than the twenty plus degrees today. The sun’s angle wakes…