Monday, November 7, 2011

A Secret Garden

imagination is a secret garden
entering the mind's portal
vivid surprises await 

21 comments:

  1. I agree ... the imagination is a secret garden ... full of surprises! Lovely images.

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  2. Isn't that first photo from the Botanical Gardens? I remember seeing it before. I would love to have that as an entrance to my yard!
    Yes that would be awesome.
    Love Di ♥

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  3. Sooo lovely. I am seeing your secret garden and the purple flowers with deep sigh.

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  4. Those are both beautiful shots but the water flower shot is especially striking. Love the color!

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  5. I would love to walk through that round doorway. You find the neatest places.

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  6. Gorgeous shots, moon gates are one of my favorite things.

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  7. ooh la la. I wouldn't mind having that portal. what a lovely gateway to vivid surprises! happy day to you Barb.

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  8. Love that gate! and what a surprise beyond!

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  9. Its really a great surprise to see these lilies. What lies beyond is not a secret anymore.

    Did I tell you my Chinese( 美蓮)
    name means beautiful lily?

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  10. One of the greatest gifts, - imagination. Beautiful photos, Barb, - the first one draws you in, and the second fills you with delight.

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  11. Wow - just gorgeous!

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  12. Love the black and white shot. That is a great idea to show the portal in black and white and the "inside" surprises in color.

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  13. I love the idea that imagination is a secret garden!

    I don't think I have ever seen purple water lilies.

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  14. In the portal to the secret garden I can picture a child running through it, or a bride looking over her shoulder....wow I love this setting....what a great background for some fabulous picture taking!

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  15. This will be a perfect segue into the writing prompt about windows. Lovely.

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  16. Beautiful thoughts, beautiful photos, absolutely perfect. And the use of black and white for the portal entering into the bright world is a crowning touch of perfection

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  17. Nice entrance gate and beautiful blue lilies in the pond !

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