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I spotted these incredibly awe-inspiring spaces on Instagram and immediately wanted to move in! Upon doing a l

No corta el mar, ni vuela… Ni siquiera es un velero bergantín, ni la escribió Espronceda… Ella flota en el agua como un caballito de mar… Ella flota en el aire como una pluma̷…

It's just too cold outside. Time to curl up into a ball and hibernate forever.

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lucifelle: “ Ficus carica (the plants) makes a breathtaking display of aerial greenery filling the glass dome of what was once a chapel. Tradition has it that the dome was built round the tree. ”

"I understand that to move close to God is to move close to everything that human beings have ever experienced. And that, of course, includes a lot of suffering, as well as a lot of joy." Parker Palmer . "But from time to time, back in the woods that primitive wildness was there, and if that's all God is, I'll settle for it....easily and thankfully." Parker Palmer. . "And so I now see the soul as that wild creature way back there in the woods that knows how to survive in very hard places, knows how to survive in places the intellect doesn't, where the feelings don't, and where the will cannot." Parker Palmer . Conservatory built for Penny McHenry Hydrangea festival, above, by Tara Dillard & Susanne Hudson, Better Homes & Gardens magazine shoot. . Too long without a garden, 5 years since moving rural, my body/brain/spirit has shot up from the ocean with 2 thoughts, evergreen hedges and a conservatory. . "The point of being an artist is that you may live....you won't arrive. It is an endless search." Sherwood Anderson. . Susanne Hudson's Conservatory, above, from Country Living magazine. . "Vocation is a gift not a goal." Parker Palmer . Old Quaker adage, "Let your life speak." . How did I get 5 years, without starting my garden? . A life wants to live in me. My garden let it grow. As my garden spoke, it taught my soul to speak. . Then I moved away from my 30 year garden. . Susanne Hudson's Conservatory, above,. . Gardening is walking the talk of thinking. . Conservatory, above, my previous garden. . Susanne Hudson's Conservatory, above. . What should your garden aspire to? The best in you. Do you have that clarity? . Take from the Greats....they will never leave you once you've taken them. TAKE. . Susanne Hudson's Conservatory, above. . The irony of my gardening is how much non-ironic work my garden does on me. . Moving from my 30 year garden, I miss most, my Conservatory. It had only been there my last 3 years. Go figure. . Conservatory, above, built by Tara Dillard & Susanne Hudson. . "Design at its core, thrives when a human being cares enough to do work that touches another --- it doesn't thrive when it gets more efficient." Seth Godin . Yes, I do believe my garden is me touching another. . Conservatory, above, built by Tara Dillard & Susanne Hudson. . With, 'conviction, commitment and conscience', plan your garden. Each will return greater in forms you've never known, but always knew. . Conservatory, above, built by Tara Dillard & Susanne Hudson. . "(Iris) Murdoch begins by reflecting on the fundamental difference between the function of philosophy and that of art --- one being to clarify and concretize, the other to mystify and expand." Maria Popova . Conservatory, above, built by Tara Dillard & Susanne Hudson. . Beloved renovated a small historic shed on our property and moved it exactly where I indicated. Smart man, things go south, my fault. How did I know where to place it? The GREATS. Moved shed to a new garden room, and pulled strings from the main house, making sure the shed/Conservatory 100% parallel to main house. . One side of the shed will become my new Conservatory. The open shed roof, and back wall are dimensions for the new Conservatory. Drew a picture, with measurements, texted pic to Susanne Hudson, "Do you have any windows for me to buy for my new Conservatory?" . My previous Conservatory was over a decade of dumpster diving old windows and doors, literally. This Conservatory has no luxury of time. Instead, fitting what Susanne has, to my dimensions. . No text in reply, instead, a PHONE CALL. "How would you like 2 pairs of French Doors at the front of your new Conservatory?" Best phone call of 2020 so far. . "Bad writing is almost always full of the fumes of personality." Iris Murdoch. . Bad gardening is almost always full of the fumes of personality. Tara Dillard . Taking from the Greats, has its purposes. Fumes of personality? I adore gardens, photographed, hinting nothing toward what continent or era of the garden. . "The epic side of truth, Wisdom, is dying out." Walter Benjamin . "Wisdom in the age of information." Maria Popova . My Conservatory, above, previous garden. . Building my new Conservatory is a freedom, of knowing what I want, knowing how to get it, knowing what it will give me. Back to the Greats. . My Conservatory, above, previous garden. . At the front end of building Gardens, and Conservatories, I thought it was all architecture, engineering and labor. . It's still all those things, yet they're layered by greater gifts. More important. . "Knowledge hinges on an act of correlation and interpretation. At the top is wisdom, which has a moral component, it is the application of information worth remembering and knowledge that matters to understanding not only how the world works, but also how it should work and that requires a moral framework of what should and shouldn't matter, as well as an ideal of the world at its highest potentiality." Maria Popova . My Conservatory, above, previous garden. . My Conservatory, above, previous garden. . Client Conservatory, above, I put into a Garden Design. They hired me to brighten up a 'Dark Corner'. Muse reigns. . Conservatory, above, my previous garden. . Susanne Hudson Conservatory, above. . Your Home and Garden must have a name, a color trinity, and garden rooms, each with a name. . Susanne Hudson Conservatory, above. . Sending pic of measurements for my new Conservatory, quickly named it, East Conservatory. Easiest garden name ever. Sometimes naming can take over a year. . Susanne Hudson Conservatory, above. . The shed has 2 nice sides, both with metal roofs Beloved built. First moment the shed was moved to its new location, I knew, there will be 2 Conservatories. Cannot wait for the West Conservatory. It faces mostly wooded shade, acres of view, including a pond and fading lake. East Conservatory faces a hedged garden I'm planting now. Lots of good sun, some shade, a bit 'formal' easy to maintain. . Client's Conservatory, everything you see, above, is rescued. My Garden design put the shape of the conservatory into the plan, we had a great conversation, poof. This is 'their' detailed design, not mine. Fabulous. . "Information is increasingly cheap and wisdom increasingly expensive...." Maria Popova. . Gardening, Pandemics, Conservatories, we're each seeking the same gifts, of those gifts with no price tag. Grace, transcendence, beauty, a knowing of who we are, what we stand for, how to live in that grace everyday. No matter what each day brings. . Garden & Be Well, XO T . Asked Beloved yesterday if I could borrow his old work truck for a few days, to pick up Conservatory parts with Susanne. LIFE entered this story. Alas. . A much loved gardening friend, we've roomed several times across Europe and USA Eastern Seaboard studying historic gardens, and miscellaneous symposiums attended, flower shows, etc. She's 77. Had a chunk of breast cancer removed, feels great, gardening, busy. She made the choice for no chemo/radiation. . Oh the things of life we've already shared. More than that, blessedly, laughter always far greater than tears. . Susanne knows her well, we 3 beautifully scarred, dusty, matriarchal elephants, each with our own continent, are slowly converging. Soon, we'll all be in the far off garden of our friend. Road trip.... . "I understand that to move close to God is to move close to everything that human beings have ever experienced. And that, of course, includes a lot of suffering, as well as a lot of joy." Parker Palmer

There’s something very off about these empty places. We can feel it in our bones. The hairs on the back of our necks are standing on end and our guts are telling us someone’s watching us, lurking in the shadows, just out of sight. Can you feel it too, Pandas? The eeriness? The tension? The low-key anxiety? We hope it’s not just us.

After a long time a met up with Bartje again for a nice two days of exploring. We found some new stuff (yet to come), we tried some well known stuff and failed to get in, and we hit some nice stuff! One those sweet small locations is the greenhouse that belongs to Chateau R. This castle is far from abandoned although it sure looks like it. At the back a german shepard awaits you with bare teeth, we also met the gardener and the 'baron'. This place is straight from a fairytale and you start to believe in elves and fairies right away.

my brother the architect (mentioned in this post) has 444 folders with 5,700 pictures on his computer sorted by name & date of rad architects, houses & buildings. i forced him to give me a copy (not…

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Rain nor snow will stop the fun.

I want to go to there.