Thank you so much dear Friend
Miss Periwinkle and Monsieur Firmin are now drawing the plans of the gardens that will link the Verandah of the Mansion and the Garden Pavillion, and guess what ? The grounds of the Mansion had to be extended accordingly so that my "working board" has now been extended from an initial 150cm x 90cm to 220cm x 90cm
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These gardens will include a Fountain as a centerpiece with hopefully a realistic water effect, alleys "paved with bricks" bordered with small hedges of box, a versatile lawn area elevated and accessible by a small staircase where the afternoon tea and the evening play will take place, a vegetable garden with individual vegetable plots including growing tomatoes, lettuces, cabbages, carrots, melons and so on and a larger area passed the main gates of the Mansion where the carriages will drop their distinguished Guests
Adding 70cm of "working board" has really helped me putting things back into perspective and I believe - sorry, I mean Miss Periwinkle & Monsieur Firmin believe - that the Summer Garden Party should definitely develop quite well on this new space.
For those who may be wondering why I will take you into a Summer garden Party as Autumn is settling in and the project is still at quite an early stage, I will simply answer that I cherished this project ever since February this year, but it did not materialize mainly because of lack of time as my attention was absorbed on more urgent matters.
I am a passionate individual and I give my 100% in everything I commit to do and as I can be a bit of perfectionist, I waited for the right time to kick start this project.
So I am afraid that the Summer tribulations of my happy little Victorians will take you well into the winter and you may well be walking into crushing snow when they will start gallivanting around the gardens in bloom, as I still have the central gardens to complete and the kitchen to redecorate before the Victorian tale start
For the moment, the space between the Verandah of the Mansion and the Pavillion is laid with blank A3 sheets of paper like a blank canvas upon which the magic must happen, and it will
Thank you for following the Making Of !
Karim
