I’ve considered a train trip west. Too long and too smelly. Can I send the car ahead? Should I try out a downtown Portland apartment? That could be fun, but I think I want some mountains, lake, beach. something out of the city and into nature. I wonder if Mike would have any ideas?
I am hungry for something and I don’t know what. Any ideas?
For a Coastal Star article, I had the pleasure of interviewing Barbara Cook, a master gardener who lives in Ocean Ridge. She was wonderful, I realized, and I took her up on her invitation to visit her beautiful garden. Not only was that refreshing and a wonderful weekend respite, but I was blessed with a second gift that day. Barbara lives next to the Ocean Ridge Natural Area, a spot most people visit by boat or by bicycle.
Here are some photos of Barbara’s beautiful hammock garden, and a couple shots of the neighboring nature reserve.
The entry to Barbara Cook's gardens
The garden of good and evil
Happy birds get to live here.
Barbara's new favorite plants.
The straight and narrow path, on the way to good and evil.
On the way to the natural area, there are some twists and turns.
Why do i love bridges?
There is more than one way to get to your destination.
These are called Coralbean. Now that's a name I can remember.