Garden Chronicles: Focal Shift

This is now Day 6 since the initial inception of my Garden. I was hoping for snow, and just happened to get some.. a tiny bit. :)  Nonetheless, my awareness was thrown into a snowier landscape after extended dryness. Normally in these conditions, my attention shifts a bit to all the interesting ice formation around the water’s edges. Here is a photo upon arrival, and then a photo after splashing water.  I love how the rocks dry and almost disappear into their environment… timeless.

Today took a different turn as my attention mostly shifted away from the immediate garden and onto the location of the distant garden.  The distant garden was a familiar place, with many visitations in past seasons.  I love the space and have always felt drawn to it since I initially discovered it.  It is the same place that I deemed “the hummingbird spot” during my summer visits.  I’m not surprised that my attention was pulled back for a closer visit.

This is another instance where something amazing happened without planning it.  My original intention was to take a photo of a heart rock balance with some ice in the picture… The closest opportunity I saw was building up against the waterfall where the surrounding walls were covered in hanging ice.  Once I had the rocks balanced, I was in love with yet another combination of ice, flowing water, and rocks…

The weather had been calm for nearly a week now and was scheduled to drop below freezing for a full day… so I left the balances standing to see what would happen in sub zero temperatures with a constant splash of water.. The result was more than I could’ve hoped for… I balanced the rocks, and nature followed suit with the weather and surrounding elements. The result was BEAUTIFUL…