MY NEIGHBORS GARDEN
Opportunities ~ they exist everywhere, one must be but willing to acknowledge them . . . . . .
Today is no exception for me. Mail is delivered to my house at various times throughout the day, it depends on the carrier assigned by the postal service – true for any postal route, right? For my condo sub-division, there seem to be about 3 different carriers during any given week.
Today, mail came in a little after 3:00pm and I just happened to be near the mailbox at the time. I received two letters that belonged to my neighbors, one of which I have met and worked with in the past, the other I have never met. Easy, I simply redirect the letters to their rightful owners.
Upon delivering the letter to the neighbor I had never met, I discovered her wonderful garden and the many whimsical decorations that adorned it . . . and I fell in love with it! To the point where I was bold enough to ask her if I could photograph some of the things in her garden. She was very agreeable, and I went back a little later when the sun was not so contrasty. Here are some of the treasures I found . . .
a bejeweled stained-glass butterfly
a wired dragonfly
a whirly-gig butterfly
same whirly-gig, just a different angle and rendition
a blue crystal ball
a close-up of the blue crystal ball - if you look close, you can see my reflection in it
a pair of rusted steel garden shoes
same pair of garden shoes - they just look very uncomfortable
another wired dragonfly, ready for take-off
yet another dragonfly, rusted in place and the paint long since disappeared
. . . and just think, I would have missed all of this had the mailed been delivered correctly!