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Life in gardens: daisy time

July 5, 2016July 5, 2016 Cindy at enclos*ureLeave a comment

Four women in daisies, Huron County MuseumFloe Sallows Saunders, Floe Sallows, Emma Combs Fillman, Lottie Green Langell in a field of flowers in Bayfield, Ontario, date unknown, by Reuben R. Sallows, via Huron County Museum & Historic Gaol Commons on flickr.

See, the grass is full of stars,
Fallen in their brightness. . .

— Marjorie Pickthall, from “Daisy Time“

Vintage landscape: Fredericksburg, Virginia

July 2, 2016June 26, 2016 Cindy at enclos*ureLeave a comment

Mary Ball House, FB Johnston, Library of CongressMary Ball Washington house, Fredericksburg, Virginia, 1927, a hand-colored glass lantern slide by Frances Benjamin Johnston, via Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.

The house was the last home of George Washington’s mother.  It still exists and is open to the public.  The garden was restored in 1968 to reflect how it might have looked between 1772 and 1789.

Vintage landscape: balustrade

June 30, 2016June 29, 2016 Cindy at enclos*ure4 Comments

Thornedale urn, F.B. Johnston, Library of CongressPond at the house entrance of “Thornedale,” Millbrook, New York, 1919, by Frances Benjamin Johnston, via Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division (both photos).

Thornedale pond 2, F.B. Johnston, Library of CongressThe  house was built in 1849 and still exists.

Wordless Wednesday: jardin des sens

June 29, 2016March 8, 2018 Cindy at enclos*ureLeave a comment

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A small park for the blind, Besançon, France, June 2016.

Vintage landscape: Thornedale

June 28, 2016June 28, 2016 Cindy at enclos*ureLeave a comment

Thornedale, F.B. Johnston, Library of Congress

Sugar maple allée at “Thornedale,” Millbrook, New York, 1919, hand-colored glass lantern slide by Frances Benjamin Johnston, via Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.

Helen Stafford Thorne is credited with the garden’s design. The estate still exists under family ownership.

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If this garden is not Paradise, then why like Paradise,/ Does it create happiness through its inner life?

— Saba (Fath Ali Khan), from “A King’s Garden World“

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