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A couple of days ago I started a series of posts which I call Rooms in my garden. First one out was the space outside the playhouse.
From time to time rooms in my garden changes. Chairs and tables are moved, a new bench appears.
The brightly blue furniture inside the front garden, the walled garden, has been there "always" though. Originally the furniture had a light yellow colour. Then one spring, right after we moved to The House in the Woods, it must be 10 years ago, Marta and I went to Iceland for a few days to visit my brother and his family.
When we returned home Terje had painted the furniture.
"I don´t know what you think Britt-Arnhild, the colour turned out so much brighter than I had planned........" Terje´s eyes were filled with question marks.
I HAVE LOVED THE BLUE FURNITURE FROM THE FIRST BLINK!!!
And it promptly gave the garden its name; The Blue Garden.
The Blue Garden, the blue sitting group, is where we have our summer Sunday breakfasts, and it is where we have our bbq dinners.
The blue coach is perfect for a nap, and situated under the yew trees, I get perfect shadows for reading during the heath of the day.
This weekend I have been weeding under the yew trees,
and then played with a few pots and plants.
I even started to make a dry river bed :-)
Saturday morning I had breakfast with my parents.
I talked enthusiasticly about gardening and The Blue Garden, and my father asked;
"How can you leave your garden for such a long time during summer?"
In a week we are leaving for three weeks in California, for three weeks filled to the brim with the best California can offer. We are thrilled, we are counting the days, we know we will have the three weeks of our lives.......
........but my father is right!
How can we leave the garden for three weeks in July, just when the garden is at its best?
