As the garden season comes to a close, I sit here and reflect on my first year writing a garden blog. I ask myself, “John, what did you gain from this writing gig?”. And I say:
- I have met some fantastic people
- I have given myself a chance to do something creative and fun
- I have learned a ton from reader comments and feedback
But then, the skies opened up and provided me with the biggest benefit of all – I GET TO FOOL ALL OF YOU.
I never realized the magic of the camera when taking photos of the garden. It is like the yard is full of vain and superficial actors and actresses who insist on only being filmed from a certain angle. And I couldn’t be happier to oblige.
So I now provide you with the photos that unearth my dirty little secrets. I feel like the magician who gives up his secret as to how he really doesn’t cut the damsel in distress in half with a saw. But, I digress:
So when all looks gloomy out in the yard, I just strategically avoid all the “bad” and only give you the “good”. Consider it my little gift to you all to make your day that much better.
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I appreciate your focus on the positive! Oh, what a little Spanx can do!
Ahaha! Sometimes I can’t bear to post because I can’t fake it anymore! Im glad to know others focus (the camera)on the good too!
Always accentuate the positive. Check. You done good. I love it and the photos. I thought you were going to tell us you highjacked them from the internet.. heheh… Great post. Tammy
That was soooo funny and poignant.
Hahaha…that’s what ALL my flower gardens look like (that’s why I don’t post ANY flower pics. And did I show the pic of the canteloupe half eaten by the Ground Hog? Nooooo…
Great post as always, keep the best of the best pics coming (gives me hope).
~GJ
We all do it but we do it in “real life” too. My wild area is a mess but man the sunflowers looked great coming out of it!
Hmm, well at least you captured SOME daylily blooms before they became dinner. We all do that w/our photos, so don’t worry. And happy blogaversary!
Enjoy reading your blog 🙂 Happy weekends!
Brilliant! We all do it, take photos from artful angles that avoid showing the messiness and failures of real gardening. I think we should all show a little more of the full picture from time to time, to keep us honest and make one another feel better about our own dying foliage, unkempt corners and triumphant disasters.
My garden always look really really good. In fact, I have to Photoshop in some old bricks and rusty tools and dead plants because that’s what the people want to see. In the real world, I’m Alan Titchmarsh’s ‘better at gardening’ brother!
Hahahahahahaha…I LOVE this post…and I think we are ALL guilty of this deception!
That’s one of the reasons I like winter, after the snow falls, all the undone stuff looks so nice and neat! My husband likes to see ‘the big picture’ so I try to show some long shots of this disaster we call home from time to time and then the not-so-great stuff shows. So, yes, LOL, we do all tend to take pictures of the face-lifts and not the saggy baggies.
Thanks for this happy post, it was a lot of fun!
That’s a gutsy thing you just did… I doubt that I’ll do that any time soon! L
From one blog writer to another John I commend your honesty… bravo… don’t think you’re not the only one. Sometimes we get crazy topics in our heads but when we go to take a picture of what we’re going to write about, there might be just one flower or leaf on the plant that we can find left to photo! It happens all the time. Plus, I think the zoom is a great feature as if you get really close, it blurs out the background which is so helpful especially if the entire picture doesn’t look so enchanting. Great post.. I enjoyed reading it. So, any ideas on what you’re going to write about come winter?
What an entertaining post, love your wit. The “good/before” pics are great. I am going to have to check out your site.
Yes you have to look at the garden with one eye laughing and the other crying. It is a lovely garden!
I don’t generally get anywhere near as close to the pretties. Most of my own garden shots are from the distance and angle of sitting on the bleachers at the 10 yard line. The final exposure results in the same crowd-pleasing results. David Copperfield is also a gardener in his spare time.