And a garden is a garden. Even a manicured one gets a little wild. No matter how much you trim and mow, it's the fringes that tempt.
Sunday, August 19, 2012
Asymmetry
And a garden is a garden. Even a manicured one gets a little wild. No matter how much you trim and mow, it's the fringes that tempt.
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I think you found just the right angle, Petrea. The pink dress and pink roses are perfect against the pattern of perspective.
Somehow that little girl balances out that walkway!. You are right a manicured garden is endless maintenance. I tried doing it alone and finally had to hire someone to come in every 3 months to weed,prune, fertilize as well as another crew to come in and cut the lawn.
I remember a conversation with a friend about how we need to see wild shapes--we need the asymmetry of things like forests and mountains and deserts. It's as though the wildness readjusts our senses. It's why I like hiking, why I need open space. It puts my brain back into its natural disorder after I've been ordering it around all day.
This photo is arranged perfectly! And I'm with Dive, the girl's pink dress goes so well with the pink roses. I love the checkerboard paving as well. It looks so natural, but it's not easy to achieve or keep looking good.
I like spending time in nature because when I'm at home, all I see are gardening chores. Thank goodness I don't have to garden the outdoors.
I'd like to get the Huntington's gardeners to do my chores, Bellis. I like that walkway, and that shady bower, but I am lazy and skill-free.
What a super setting...beautifully captured.
Such a wonderful photo! I most often find asymmetrical designs more interesting visually.
This would make a lovely card.
LOL, you know the Huntington, do you not? This is just as you step outside the tea room.
Kind of asymmetrical symmetry, this one, isn't it, Ms. M? I really do like symmetry and love seeing it in grand palaces and such. But asymmetry sort of relaxes my eyes.
Well, no matter how you slice it, this photo is very pleasing to the eye. And isn't that the goal of symmetrical things - to please the eye?
I do know the Huntington but it has been years. Sigh....!
I think this picture is great, symemetrical or not. Sometimes not planning to having capturing things the way you wanted works out better. Thats the joy of freedom and chaos.
Thanks, all! Well said, James.
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