Glass garden art ~

This glass garden art piece was made by my friend and neighbor in her Warm Glass class . . . she has made some beautiful pieces. This one sits in the middle of her vegetable and herb garden.

Garden Gazing Globe ~

I love garden gazing globes/balls . . . this one belongs to my neighbor but I feel they really bring beauty and a delightful charm to a garden. The reflection of the Palm trees is wonderful.

Mr. Sun ~

Garden art 

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Summer Sun

Robert Louis Stevenson

1850-1894

GREAT is the sun, and wide he goes

Through empty heaven without repose;

And in the blue and glowing days

More thick than rain he showers his rays.

Though closer still the blinds we pull

To keep the shady parlour cool,

Yet he will find a chink or two

To slip his golden fingers through.

The dusty attic, spider-clad,

He, through the keyhole, maketh glad;

And through the broken edge of tiles

Into the laddered hay-loft smiles.

Meantime his golden face around

He bares to all the garden ground,

And sheds a warm and glittering look

Among the ivy's inmost nook.

Above the hills, along the blue,

Round the bright air with footing true,

To please the child, to paint the rose,

The gardener of the World, he goes.

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Louis Untermeyer, ed (1885-1997). Modern British Poetry. 1920 

Garden art ~ wire dragonfly ~

The friends we stayed with last weekend in Lake Havasu City, AZ,  had a wonderful backyard...quiet reflective moments next to a relaxing waterfall, a bit of garden art and great plants...many photo opportunities and many of which I will be sharing here.