The Secret Garden – At the Pond

At the local nursery, there is an oasis that I think of as “the secret garden”.  It is as lush as the rest of New Mexico tends to be very dusty and dry.  One morning, a friend and I took our cameras and explored this lovely place – the next few blog postings will show you how wonderful it is!

At the Pond

This is the pond that, to me, is the heart of this garden.  The morning we were there, we met a woman who said that she comes there almost every morning to sit and meditate.  I don’t meditate, but this seems like it would be a lovely place to do that.

Translucent Pink

I like this image for a few different reasons.  First, the lighting is so wonderful, sort of glowing thru the petals.  And, if you look closely, you can see a reflection of this bloom in a bit of the water of the pond.

Yellow Blooms

The yellow water lilies were not to be outdone by those that are pink, either!  This pond is truly a magical place, full of calm and peace.

Enjoy!

 



Oasis of Calm

At the same area as the cool red tree, there was a lovely collection of water lilies.....

 

 

I think the above image is so perfect with the collection of greens and the pink clustered in the lower right corner with other little snippets of pink throughout.....



 

Here's a close-up of one of the water lilies.  I love the way nature is so wonderfully simple in the beauty it gives us. 

 

In this image, I love the bit of added texture that the water gives to the image.  Altho these flowers convey a true feeling of peace and calmness, the ironic thing is that they are found in a little triangle of nature in the midst of 3 roads that sort of cross paths in this area.  I wonder how many people truly see this as they hurry by each day?

 

Enjoy!