Saturday, May 2, 2020

*LAKE CLIFF GARDEN

"Friendship is a Sheltering Tree,"  Samuel Taylor Coleridge




* Lake Cliff Garden, a poem by Isabel Jackson

A vast inland sea
a bluff looming above
five acres of gardens
each garden, a room
Black and White
Sculpture Meadow
Bog and Conifer
Hellebore Hill
Agave Tapestry
Autumn Border
Asian Collection
Lake Garden
Grand Tropical Summer Border

Design, form, function of creativity
color, color, color, color
compatibility, congruence, 
tiny and ground-close
large to huge, tall, tall, taller

trees and bushes and vines
leaves of every shape, shade, size, pattern
sculptures: metal, stone, wood, glass
encompassing beauty at every turn
detailed in arrangement

Height, depth, fullness
embodiment of artist's vision
of thought, plans, work, waiting
selecting sculptures, benches, stones
shifting perspective

At bluff's edge, white crushed rock
backdrop for glass balls
blue and green, playfully arranged
beyond, blue lake, distant sails
expanse of clear sky.

God is here!




"The creation of a thousand forests in is one acorn,"  Ralph Waldo Emerson





"There is pleasure in the pathless woods," Byron




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Resources:
* Original Poem Contributed by Isabel Jackson, Lake Cliff Gardens, poem printed with 
permission

Poetic Quotes:  found on the teabags of Traditional Medicinal Teas, organic tea blends such as Gypsy Cold Care, Ginger Aid, and more.

Music:  The Lion King, Walt Disney Productions, original soundtrack (1994), tracks:  Elton John, (music) and Tim Rice (lyrics) Can You Feel The Love Tonight, and Circle of Life "on the path unwinding...." 

TV  P. Allen Smith's Garden Home, PBS TV, sculpture gardens, color and more


Dahlis Roy:  Visionary Artist, Author, and Tai Chi Instructor

Photos by Dahlis:
Sheltering Tree

The Old Oak Tree, can you see figures and patterns in the sun and shadows?
Pathless Woods