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Gardens Inspire My Writing
Gardens are eye chocolate and inspirational caffeine for my writing heart. I tend my own garden mostly for the sake of the inspirational beauty it provides around my home. Beauty inspires, calms, and fills me with joy. If I were given a choice between going on a shopping trip or a garden tour, I’d pick the tour every time. And if I had to choose between a vegetable garden and a flower garden, I’d pick a flower garden because I’d rather starve my body than my soul.
Cottage gardens are my favorite style because you can grow both food and flowers together, and I also love quaint little old character houses surrounded by mature perennials, shrubs, trees, and all things floral.
My imagination and cozy factor get fired up when I peek over the fence of an old-timer property rich with history and charm. I find myself wondering who first loved this home and what the owner’s life was like.
Time in a garden fills my inkwell to the brim. How do gardens inspire you? What’s your favorite kind of garden?
In the Garden
In the garden I like to go
For a break from daily chores
To dream of places far away
Of flowers grown on foreign shores
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In the garden I like to escape
Into a land of make believe
And pretend I’m a princess in distress
Waiting for my Knight of relief
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In the garden I like to be
Away from the hustle and bustle of life
As just a writer on her knees
Planting and growing stories to write.
Wendy/ 2016
About the Author:
Wendy L. Macdonald is a Canadian, inspirational writer/blogger who also loves to photograph nature. When she’s not writing, drawing, or gardening, she enjoys hiking in the beautiful parks of the Comox Valley with her husband of 32 years. She homeschooled her children and believes all those years of reading aloud helped develop her love of storytelling and writing. Wendy invites you to visit her blog where you will find nature photography, memoir style posts, and links to her” Daily Bread” style Facebook page etc. at www.wendylmacdonald.com
Catherine Castle 