Last night was not a good night. My blog was removed(as were many others) and I think I felt a huge hole in my heart. 2 and half years of research and exploration gone.....just like that. It was a bit unnerving but thankfully I was able to get the blog up again. Blogger/Google is a difficult beast for help. It took me hours to get Las Aventuras running. It made me sad to think that I might lose you all. It made me upset that all of my information and photography would disappear. And all I can say was that there was a great big empty feeling inside. My other half felt my pain and thankfully Pat was there to help me out. Several of you may have gone through this yourself. It's a bit terrifying. Think about how many thousands of hours you put in your work a year. It's like a bad habit but used for good:) Okay that's that. So I thought I'd put a spin on our gardens and updates from around El Presidio. How about an update during a monsoon storm? We had some beautiful light during this night and the skies were incredible. The above shot is taken from the parking lot.
The skies were dark and therefore our courtyard lights went on. Here are our wonderful Oak trees providing a little ambience from around the property.
As we face the front entrance, I notice a light out, lots of clouds, and some much needed rain....but there was more....
As I looked up, I noticed a HUGE rainbow over our homes! That was a first.
I got up on the second level and took a shot over the courtyard area. The former pool is adjusting to the rains. I will continue filling in more dirt for the spots that need it. It has taken some time for the soil to settle in. Hopefully soon a fountain will be going into that area.
Here is the front area of the Northern Planters.
And finally the side gardens. Not all is done here yet but I am liking how it's all coming together. This area above is called the Fruit Garden and the pic below is from the Fern Garden. This area is the oldest of my works at 4 years of age. I am loving the curving nature of bamboo as it's creating a natural green tunnel for folks returning home. It's not perfect yet and requires me to tie up a lot of random bamboo sticking out, but as it gets older, this arch will get higher.
More updates coming from El Presidio Gardens.....weather permitting:)
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