{"id":1216,"date":"2010-02-10T04:54:46","date_gmt":"2010-02-10T11:54:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.summerhouseart.com\/blog\/?p=1216"},"modified":"2025-05-23T14:43:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T21:43:10","slug":"what-an-artist-notices-in-the-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.summerhouseart.com\/blog\/what-an-artist-notices-in-the-garden","title":{"rendered":"What an Artist Notices in the Garden"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While I was out and about in the garden looking for spring in yesterday&#8217;s post, I was noticing more than just plants coming up.<br \/>\nLike the colors of the wheelbarrows, leaning against each other as they wait to be used again.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1217 size-full\" title=\"wheelbarrow-collection\" src=\"https:\/\/www.summerhouseart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/wheelbarrow-collection.jpg\" alt=\"wheelbarrow-collection\" width=\"600\" height=\"442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.summerhouseart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/wheelbarrow-collection.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.summerhouseart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/wheelbarrow-collection-300x221.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The stacks of pots I&#8217;d been collecting last fall and forgot about in the path, now acting as little reflecting pools.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1218 size-full\" title=\"pots-in-path\" src=\"https:\/\/www.summerhouseart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/pots-in-path.jpg\" alt=\"pots-in-path\" width=\"600\" height=\"496\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.summerhouseart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/pots-in-path.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.summerhouseart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/pots-in-path-300x248.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>My sculpture, a class project from years ago in art college, now happily growing moss surrounded by carnations. I think some mud wasps have been filling her ear and her mouth. I never did like that model.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1219 size-full\" title=\"cement-head\" src=\"https:\/\/www.summerhouseart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/cement-head.jpg\" alt=\"cement-head\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.summerhouseart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/cement-head.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.summerhouseart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/cement-head-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And the gate, also growing moss caught my eye. That little wood-stove grate is to remind Will that someday, hopefully, this summer, I&#8217;d like a new gate with that grate acting as a window into the garden.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1220 size-full\" title=\"gate-closeup\" src=\"https:\/\/www.summerhouseart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/gate-closeup.jpg\" alt=\"gate-closeup\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.summerhouseart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/gate-closeup.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.summerhouseart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/gate-closeup-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We never seem to rush into these things though. \u00a0Will claims it&#8217;s weathering in.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While I was out and about in the garden looking for spring in yesterday&#8217;s post, I was noticing more than just plants coming up. 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