Gardening: It's all about relationships

Taking pictures gives one the chance to mull on a moment that would otherwise be too fleeting to register. It's amazing how often Mark and I "see" things in a photograph for the first time. Take a shot from a low angle or an odd location — a view that would rarely be noticed — and suddenly you find you've captured the essence of your garden vision.

We've been watching this clump of bamboo all winter as it bleached from green to a washed-out tan. Today we were crouched under the adjacent spruces in search of the spring ephemerals that grow there. No sight of them; instead we looked up to discover the winter-burned bamboo no longer pale but glowing. The sunlight streaming through the trees also lit up the tiny Iris reticulata while casting the nearby rocks into deep shadow. 

A new angle and new juxtapositions. In a split second, new relationships were revealed between things we thought we knew well. 

Comments

[Lisa at Greeenbow]

It is amazing how looking at your garden from an angle different from your usual sight line will give you a whole different picture.

[MNGarden]

Yes, if you enter your garden from a different direction than the usual, the same is true. I thought I was the only one who explored the garden like that. :) The other day I was removing some deadwood from the Japanese maple that required me to be beneath it with the light streaming through the red leaves. It was a whole different story making a chore a delight.
Donna

[LINDA from EACH LITTLE WORLD]

Lisa and Donna — I really like having paths where I can go in different directions and see things differently. A couple of times Mark has taken photos where I could hardly tell it was our garden.