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The Secret Garden

2/9/2011

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A few years ago I was an avid gardener.  I had a large perennial garden which I had created from scratch.  I spent a lot of time with my plants and when we had to move...well... let's just say, I was not happy.  Our new home was meant to be temporary and since I had invested 7 years building my last garden, I was not inclinding to start again.  Luckily, I still had my dog, who required walking every day.  I began to realize, as I walked and walked, that I did have a garden and it was everywhere.
So when I recently came accross this quote from  "The Secret Garden" by Frances Hodgson Burnett it really resonated!  I love the idea that we create our own worlds out of our perceptions and thoughts.  Sometimes we have to loose things, in order to find them.
If you like this piece, it's now on sale in my shop: )

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whyte link
2/9/2011 10:14:24 am

What a wonderful quote and a marvelous piece to express it! Lots a detail in this ACEO, Laurel, very very nice!

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whyte
2/9/2011 10:16:04 am

whoops Laurel, I thought it was an ACEO, just went to your shop and see it's a canvas!! Sorry.

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Laurel link
2/10/2011 12:49:34 am

No problem Pat! We've been talking so much about ACEO's so much on the thread, I'm not surprised. Thanks for your comments: )

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bjorgnin link
2/12/2011 11:49:46 pm

Heisann! Wonderful words and painting. I long for spring now, and I will go and meet the sunshine and warm weather next week ;:OD)
May be I experience a garden like yours!
Happy Valentine's Day to you from me...

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Donna Massel
6/2/2013 04:43:33 pm

Hi Laurel I have been checking out past blogs and have really been enjoying them. Do you have any of this one available for sale. I just love it.

Donna

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Laurel Martin link
6/3/2013 04:16:56 am

Hi Donna! I'm glad you have been enjoying my blogs : ) Unfortunately this one sold and it's an original so there are no copies. If you really like it I could paint a similar one, but they are never totally identical. I like the quote too!

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