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Chanticleer: A Pleasure Garden

June 21, 2019 by Sheila

Chanticleer: A Pleasure Garden

And what a pleasure it was to finally experience this fantastic garden. My friend Lisa and I went yesterday, grabbing 3 hours between rain drops (thunderstorms, actually), to walk the 1 mile path through this gorgeous paradise in Wayne, Pennsylvania. The clouded sky, constantly threatening a shower, made the greens and yellows pop while another […]

Filed Under: Gardening Tagged With: A Pleasure Garden, Chanticleer, garden, Pennsylvania, pleasure garden, Rosengarten, Wayne, wisteria

Peony Flowers

May 31, 2016 by Sheila

White Peony

Almost Georgia O’Keefe. When I was studying life drawing back in the 1970’s at The Art Student’s League in NYC, they had an exhibition of past students’ paintings in the large hall. When I walked in, across the room on the adjacent wall, I immediately spotted a very small still-life. Rabbit, copper pot, probably some […]

Filed Under: Cut Flowers, Gardening Tagged With: bridesmaid bouquet, cut flower, flower photography, garden, Kathleen Clemons, peony, Peony 'Sarah Bernhardt'

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