Plaisirs Simples ~ Fountain

When we bought our house many years ago, it had a horse stable in the back; I still have the stall, it is in my vegetable garden and I use it for storing the larger gardening equipment. This cement watering trough was in the stable and I got the idea of making it into a fountain, so we moved it against a wall near the back deck. I don't remember where we found this wonderful satyr but he has always reminded me of a fountain you might find in a grotto in Italy. I love the look of the Ficus vine around the fountain but here in Southern California it is a gardening thug and requires a great deal of upkeep to keep it in check, one of those plants you almost wished you wouldn't have ever planted...but it certainly adds to the overall effect.

I have put a variety of things in the trough over the years, and Water Hyacinth seems to work the best, even though it is usually decimated by raccoons...they seem to like it's crunchiness.  For some reason this year they have left it alone and the other morning when I left the house to go for my morning walk the sun was catching the new blooms in such a way that I knew I had to try and capture their beauty. When I came home I immediately went in, got my camera and came out and took these photographs. Now of course they are gone...oh how fleeting are beautiful things, but happily sometimes they will return and grace us with their loveliness anew.

                                              I hope that your day is full of beauty and loveliness too.



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