Monday, April 1, 2013

An Idyll



I took the kids today to Descanso Gardens, just outside of Los Angeles. Despite cloudy skies, the place was divine -- so full of flowers and scent and peaceful vistas that our ornery selves were somewhat restored.












20 comments:

  1. This post is one of the most beautiful and heart-sweetening things I have ever seen.
    Thank you.

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  2. I want to stick my face full on into those flowers!

    I can't wait for our flowers to start blooming...what a beautiful day you've had!

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  3. Wow...that looks spectacularly beautiful! Could use me some of that too.

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  4. Ahhhh! These photos feed my heart. Thank you for inviting me to go with you.

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  5. Beautiful! And it looks so NOT like Los Angeles. The trees look Californian but otherwise it reminds me of Savannah or Charleston.

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  6. Good call Mom. We could have used a day there today :)

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  7. Henry pushing Sophie's chair. Oliver holding Sophie. Such sturdy and tender care. You're doing it so right.

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  8. Paradise. In every sense of the word.

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  9. What Mary and Deb and Andrea said. The flowers made me so happy, and the picture of Mr. Cool with his arm around his sister - I have no words for how beautiful that one is or for how it affected me. Thank you for all of it.

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  10. what a gorgeous place to walk with the kids. It would restore me, too. Just the photos are restorative. I'll bet it smelled great!

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  11. That picture of your son walking with Sophie about did me in.

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  12. Oh, those lilacs! I can smell them now. Ours won't bloom for another few weeks, so I'm coming back to visit this page daily until they do. Thank you!

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  13. An idyll, indeed. There is something about flowers that lightens my heart, non-gardener that I am. Wildflowers, weedflowers, hothouse flowers, cheapo bouquets at Trader Joe's - flowers are somehow like messengers from heaven.
    I think our children are, too. Looking at those photos, seeing your sons loving their sister, is nothing less than heavenly.

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  14. i need some of those vistas right here. I also need to plant pink tulips!

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  15. GORGEOUS!! I love the photo of Sophie sitting among the flowers. That would be my daughter too!!

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  16. Such a beautiful sanctuary. I swear I can almost smell the flowers.

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  17. An idyllic place indeed. Yet the beauty of your children walking in it exceeds the place itself...

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  18. What a wonderful way to spend an afternoon. I can nearly smell the lushness. And your children are beautiful souls!

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