Barbara Streisand's House Tour

Hello Everyone,

Its been a while.
I've been way up and way down.  Many people are wondering about global insanity these days for good reason. I keep getting messages from people that they no longer know what to do, how to be in this world. Of course I'm talking about sensitive connected people who know there is something going wrong and spiraling down. We are seeking sanctuary and respite by avoidance, and more home quiet time. Good thing.
 
I am working on the gardens still.....all of them. I have Green Gardens, and Soul Gardens, Friend Gardens and Spirit Gardens. I like tending to all of them. Gardening is my Love, is my passion.

When I bought the keys to put onto my Garden Gates, I heard something in my head....it said

'THE KEYS TO THE KINGDOM ARE HELD BY THE GARDENERS OF THE WORLD". 

That is the truth.

I'm again, head over heels in love with moss!....I want it everywhere! This pic is from Moss and Stone Gardens.com





I have planted the citrus trees in their pots. I have yet to plant one orange tree which is COVERED in blossoms....oh my beating heart!......and a peach tree which is going in the ground. I took out a bush that did not do well all these years and we are putting yet another citrus tree in that spot.


Today I got up early to go to Lowe's to buy some wood to reinforce a garden bridge John just purchased from ebay to replace the one that broke down....those dang trolls under the bridge!........and this one I want to last long. I am treating it with a moisture, and troll protection, :D which I used on my potting bench which is doing very well I must say. After I treat the poplar hardwood we will attach them to the bridge to make it sturdy so that we can actually walk on it with confidence, I will take pictures. But for now this is the bridge we got.....
 



Today I bought some succulents to place into a hanger I have on the fence wall.....I'm thinking about making a succulent wall...have you seen those?? There are tons of them to look at on google images. GORGEOUS!





There are lot of things I want to do and I want to do them all now. But I cannot of course, because $ is the restriction, it is the only one I have in fact. :D

But today, I wanted to share something I found....I went to Barnes and Nobles to return a book someone got for me, which I had already and she said I could just go and change it, but alas, they could not. I decided to see just quickly the Home Decor section. This has become a kind of therapy for me, and I now begin to understand so many women who throw themselves head first into decorating, non stop and incessantly changing things out for every mood, season and holiday and I'm not referring to those who do this out of habit or some kind of obsession, I mean those who feel within a change happening and they move to effect it on their outer world. I have realized designing is one pathway to Beauty and to keeping up with the natural cycles of change. When we can't change the world we change ours. It is not just "something to do", it is a way of keeping one sane. It is a way of women empowering their creative forces within their domains by mimicking Nature in how Nature is changing all the time but on a micro level.....a tiny one, a personal one.  For this reason alone, I now have a greater respect for those who design and decorate .....when its personal and cyclical.....it seems natural.

I have thought of changing things out maybe 4 times a year, for the 4 seasons we DON'T have LOL ......we have only one and a half. I have pretty much discovered my favorite style and looks, but I still love seeing what other women are doing. I went to the Home Decor section and one book hit me right away....Barbara Streisand's "My Passion for Design".....she does that too? Women floor me really, how many talents they have, how they can do so much! I picked up the book and immediately the pictures awed me, but what was more amazing was that they were all of her homes...plural....homes....and her basement!! with a street of shops?? OMG! I needed this book, so I looked at the price and $60.00 was not going to happen, ever. When I got home I got online and amazon had one for $1.97. Click! Mine. I spent my last $6.00 for the month on this book, and I cannot wait to get it. So I googled videos....and indeed there was a beautiful short movie of Barbara's Home Tour and I do think you will enjoy this! and get many ideas of what is possible.
I do believe we should dream big. Barbara Streisand is amazingly talented, I don't think there is anything she cant do.
Here's the video of her tour....16 minutes of awesomeness....enjoy!

After I click send, I'm going back out to work play with the succulent garden to be and my moss!!....create a nice shady dish garden for a table I didn't want to get rid of in the back section which is looking like a Jurassic Park with huge oversized leaves.....rather tropical....appropriately so. :D
blessings to you all!