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395--California: Rancho Santa Fe Garden Sanctuary @ CherieSpotting     Aug 16 2007 - 09:32 PST cherie writes: When I went to Denmark to visit my Danish relatives, my cousin Liz asked me to show her some photos of my friend’s gardens in the United States. I take pictures of everything and anything, so why couldn’t I find any garden pictures? I don’t know why I’ve never photographed my friend’s gardens. It just seemed like a strange thing to do. Then last week, my friends Tom and Kathy asked Greg and I to water their plants while they were away on vacation. Apparently my plant-watering skills are in greater demand than my photography skills these days. Greg and I spent a week in Rancho Santa Fe, California lounging in the pool, running after chickens and picking fresh herbs and vegetables for the garden. The plants were well watered and Greg and I were well fed. When Tom came home I asked him: “Tom, have you ever had to evict a guest?” Enjoy these photos of Tom & Kathy’s garden sanctuary. Click on each picture to see it full size. read comments (1) | write comment| views: 6879    | rated: 0.0    printer-friendly version   Cherie in Tom & Kathy's garden. When your friends ask you to water their plants while they are away on vacation, you say yes! The beach balls look like marbles floating across the pool. A train runs through the succulent garden. A peek at the rosemary garden from the balcony. Ready for a dip in the refreshing pool? My, what a succulent little church. Kathy's mosaic donkey (which I named Quijote after Don Quijote) watches over the pond. Kathy & Tom's mission-style home. The guest house has its own movie theater. Kathy's mosaic of snickers, the family cat. Snickers strikes a pose. Cherie and Greg in under a canopy of roses. Don't you wish all garages looked this pretty? Go ahead, make a wish! A white rose. The "main" house. (When does a house become a mansion?) The greatest gift of the garden is the restoration of the five senses. ~Hanna Rion The cabana; the hottest spot north of Havana. Lillypads on the pond. A water lily. Kathy's mosaic chicken. One of the five real chickens that lay fresh eggs (when they're in the mood.) Surreal birdhouses. What a glorious morning! Even the bench is art. Rosemary swirls. If you're feeling crafty, head to the craft-room. A view through the vines. The plants relax and bathe in the light. One of these two should scare the crows away. Friendship flourishes at the fountain of forgiveness.--William Arthur Ward A wave from Greg. The chicken coop. Snickers, the cat. Greg, Scott, Grace and Tom in the garden. Friends in the garden. In my garden there is a large place for sentiment. My garden of flowers is also my garden of thoughts and dreams. The thoughts grow as freely as the flowers, and the dreams are as beautiful. ~Abram L. Urban If you pass by the color purple in a field and don't notice it, God gets real pissed off. -Alice Walker Follow me up the stairs. Kathy's mosaic scarecrow. When the birds have to head back to the farm. You go to church a little bit, or you go to a little church? Gardens are a form of autobiography. ~Sydney Eddison Green and red. Have a seat! Where flowers bloom so does hope. -Lady Bird Johnson There is a fountain of youth: It is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring in your life and the lives of people you love. -Sophia Loren There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort. ~Jane Austen I think Tom & Kathy's place has more churches per square foot than anywhere else on earth. The chicken coop. Snickers. The train is only a few steps away from the house. Gardening requires lots of water - most of it in the form of perspiration. ~Lou Erickson I had rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world. ~George Washington Perfumes are the feelings of flowers.- Heinrich Heine One's home is like a delicious piece of pie you order in a restaurant on a country road one cozy evening. ~Lemony Snicket Home is where you can say anything you like cause nobody listens to you anyway. Each flower is a soul opening out to nature. -Gerald De Nerval Cool off here. Or take a sip when you're thirsty. Gardening is a matter of your enthusiasm holding up until your back gets used to it. Flowers are love's truest language. -Park Benjamin Take a peek through the trees. Greg and I stayed at Tom & Kathy's guest house for a week while they went on vacation. The Earth Laughs in Flowers. -Ralph Waldo Emerson There can be no other occupation like gardening in which, if you were to creep up behind someone at their work, you would find them smiling. ~Mirabel Osler It's tough to be a cat living the life of leisure. There came a time when the risk to remain tight in the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. -Anais Nin I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers.-Claude Monet