Storytime

Last weekend I went to several local open gardens (The Arbours-Kallista; Taylor Garden - Emerald; Kirkcaldy-Kallista) - gardening is one of my other vices. Love the chance to wander around to see what other people have done, what plants they grow, how they grow them and of course I take my camera and come away with ideas. I want one of these .... doesn't every garden need some mosaic in it? and then I want to build one of these arches----laburnum hanging down in yellow cascades...truly stunning. I came away very inspired, took notes, drew a few rough sketches BUT then reality hit...you can't do any of this without working on the foundations. We need to build paths, some sort of paved area, or even several paved areas, and we need a retaining wall of some description. All the boring hard scape before we can be truly creative and begin the 'fun' stuff. It is so much like writing. It is one thing to have an idea...I want to write a poem about water. What about...