Garden

This was a picture taken in my back garden in Belgium, back before I had a macro lens and tripod. The rose is Gertrude Jekyll, behind it you can see cornflowers and sweet peas. As per yesterday's post, refreshing to remember what you can do with just a 50mm lens. This was taken during our second summer in the house, the first year in which I'd really devoted a lot of time to the garden. The first year, and the last year, as the following year we had a baby occupying our waking hours and then of course we left for four years. I really miss it; such a wonderful obsession. Always something to do, always a source of creativity and inspiration. I'm really looking forward to going back and restoring it. Five summers of neglect gives one the opportunity and excuse to do some radical redesigning and replanting. Something to look forward to.

Details: Minolta X-500, 50mm, exposure not recorded. June 2000, Kraainem, Belgium.