I do have my 'Country Living' garden moments, and very sweet they are! Perhaps my very favourite time is to sit on the front porch in the early evening with a few candles in jars and a drink, music drifting from inside the house, just looking. The garden was designed from this vantage point, literally on the back of an envelope, and most decisions about it are taken when sitting here. But mealtimes in the garden must come a close second. The late afternoon sun slants across the front garden and turns everything to gold, the very air is golden - magical...
Gardening is about creativity and relaxation - mental relaxation, and physical relaxation when the menial tasks are done and I am sitting admiring the flowers. (I do a lot of sitting looking.) Gardening is one of the few things I do where I am not thinking about something else at the same time - painting is another. Click here for my website www.fredawaldapfel.squarespace.com if you would like to see my paintings which are very much inspired by the garden.
I try to create a sense of abundance and generosity. Someone once said the garden was 'billowing' and I loved that. It's also been described as 'flowing'. It is very much a summer garden. Colour, form and texture are the main elements in the compositions I create. I am sustained by the beauty of the garden - it's hard to feel down when surrounded by beautiful, growing things.
Gardening is about creativity and relaxation - mental relaxation, and physical relaxation when the menial tasks are done and I am sitting admiring the flowers. (I do a lot of sitting looking.) Gardening is one of the few things I do where I am not thinking about something else at the same time - painting is another. Click here for my website www.fredawaldapfel.squarespace.com if you would like to see my paintings which are very much inspired by the garden.
I try to create a sense of abundance and generosity. Someone once said the garden was 'billowing' and I loved that. It's also been described as 'flowing'. It is very much a summer garden. Colour, form and texture are the main elements in the compositions I create. I am sustained by the beauty of the garden - it's hard to feel down when surrounded by beautiful, growing things.
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