Monday, April 19

160 visitors through our garden yesterday!

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We participated in the Jefferson Park Neighborhood Association Garden Tour yesterday.  It was a fund-raiser for our neighborhood’s historic status nomination process.

I expected maybe 50 to 75 folks to come through and was pleasantly surprised to see that we had 50 in the first hour, for a total of 160 visitors! 

It was fun and a great catalyst for getting our winter cleanup done, and I’m glad it’s done!  Phew! 

Here are some images of the garden that I took between visitors:

Also, you can click here to see some fun “before” photos.

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A gorgeous metal sculpture designed and created by our dear friend, Tucson artist Marla Ruane:DSC_0099

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The bird of paradise obliged by blooming as if on cue:DSC_0108

Kenny the truly-good-sport, who not only agreed to this crazy idea, but put in MANY hours pulling it off!

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Kirby the Gatekeeper:DSC_0090

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Six gorgeous blooms on the bird of paradise!DSC_0107 

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Our “outdoor room” filled with the heady fragrance of jasmine and magnolia!  Yum! DSC_0139 

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Roxy the mild-mannered docent , who patiently observed most of the proceedings from the WRONG (to her way of thinking) side of the dining room screen door:DSC_0122

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And I even got to put some of my art out for sale to benefit the neighborhood!  My first official semi-public showing!

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A little peek at the backyard which was not quite up to snuff, in my opinion, to be “officially” included on the tour:DSC_0079

2 comments:

  1. How lovely it all looks -- oh that bougainvillea.. sigh! So many people!! Love the netting dealibop over the big chaise!

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  2. It all looks SO BEAUTIFUL, Claire (& Ken)! I don't know how you will ever think of leaving this lovely space. Thank you for posting these pictures.

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