Always an annual tradition…an overview of the top 22 images for the past year (2022) that were your favorites on my Instagram posts (and many then ended up on a blog post). From Lake Forest to London, from New York to the Cotswolds, from Atlanta to Brussels, from Paris to Pocantico Hills, I’ve become fascinated more and more with not just gardens but landscape architecture and all their exquisite details that so handsomely enhance the built architecture.
Blessedly, the world of Instagram helps make up for all those trips we had to cancel and travel we’ve lived without. I for one take great solace in the 25,000+ images that are on my cell phone and those that my social media friends share…for they enliven our imagination, inspire our daydreams, and provide ideas galore. Oh, how I wish I could turn back the clock twenty-five years to our house-building and garden designing days at Parterre. Such fun!!
From Newport to you with very special wishes for a glorious 2023.
Bettie – thank you sharing your beautiful thoughts & pictures with us! It has been a blessing, have a wonderful year!!
Bettie,
Would you please tell me your favorite English Gardens?
Many thanks,
Merrielou
Totally fascinating…mesmerizing, in fact, artistry in its glory!! Your photos are the tapestry of yore…love!!! franki
DEAR LADY,
WHAT GIBRAN ACCOMPLISHES WITH HIS … ‘WORDS’
YOU DO WITH YOUR … ‘VISION’ (PHOTOS)
LUCKY ARE WE ALL! THANK YOU.
Happy New Year, Bettie!
Our book club wants to do a trip to Newport. Do you recommend anyone to coordinate this tour for us? We have someone for our European trips but not for stateside. Hoping to get direction on where to stay, dine and a guide while there to the best sights.
Thanks, Nancy
Lovely architecture and gardens. Blessings in the New Year
One can have such lovely dreams after viewing your blog-Happy New Year!
AS IT HAPPENS, SEVERAL OF THE CHOSEN PHOTOS ARE OF ‘LOCALS’ IN MY
NEIGHBORHOOD, HERE IN NEW YORK CITY. MY PARTNER AND I ARE THE MALE
GUESTS OF THE NYC LADIES GARDEN TOURS; ERGO, WE SEE MANY OF THE HIDDEN ‘BEAUTIES’ – FIRST HAND.
VIA YOUR WORK, ONE REALISES THE ENORMOUS BLESSING … THE GIFT OF SIGHT TRUY IS.
AS IT HAPPENS, SEVERAL OF THE CHOSEN PHOTOS ARE OF ‘LOCALS’ IN MY
NEIGHBORHOOD, HERE IN NEW YORK CITY. MY PARTNER AND I ARE THE MALE
GUESTS OF THE NYC LADIES GARDEN TOURS; ERGO, WE SEE MANY OF THE HIDDEN ‘BEAUTIES’ – FIRST HAND.
VIA YOUR WORK, ONE REALISES THE ENORMOUS BLESSING … THE GIFT OF SIGHT TRULY IS.