Dream

...I'm popping in to say "hello" as promised.  Summer is clearly here and its keeping me so very busy.  But it's a good kind of busy and I wouldn't have it any other way.  It's great to be outside in the yard again and going places. Nothing inspires me more than the pure evolution of visions and dreams, and the Thyme Garden is an example of what that truly means. This amazing place with its humble beginnings (all told here) is a testimony to how seeds, when planted, will grow.  I do mean that literally and figuratively and am still in awe after another visit out there a couple of weeks ago. 

When friends visit from far-away cities, I love to drag them out here for a quiet respite and I thought it would be fun to take you, dear blog-pals, on a virtual tour too. 

   I sat in this gray area for the longest time just thinking my thoughts.

Did you know that there are over 400 species of thyme recorded?  Thymon means 'courage' in Greek, and was thought to impart strength and fortitude.  I'm quoting from the Thyme Garden Catalog:  "Ladies in Medieval Europe gave scarves embroidered with springs of thyme to knights as tokens of bravery."  How utterly romantic that sounds.

"At one time gardeners thought a thyme garden provided a home for fairies so they planted one just for them."   My plan exactly.  I didn't see any fairies here, only a small mouse that zipped by.

Between the three of us with cameras, we took over 500 photos.  It wasn't hard, as every turn held a spectacular sight. 

It was so hard to narrow it down to just a few pixels.  (See these full-size by clicking on the photos or go here.)

All in all, an incredible 80 acres, not all planted with herbs, but includes natural elements  such as streams, waterfalls, forest trails, and a small pond which supports their current 'stream project' that provides habitat for the salmon that return to spawn in the fall.  It all just makes me smile.

And dream.