A Country Garden in a Late Winter Snow

I took advantage of a brilliantly sunny and almost warm day to head up to the country garden to take some pictures. While I got about eight inches of snow, just 10 miles north, they got more than 10 inches, which limited our walking around a little. Snow hides a lot of sins, and after a horror story I heard over the weekend, I didn’t want to risk falling!

I love this allée of trees and the beautiful bronze stag at the beginning and the bench and urn at the end of it.

The stag is really a gorgeous piece and sits on a plinth, surrounded by evergreen, although you can’t quite see it here.

There were remnants of the glorious garden in the summer and these wisteria branches almost reminded me of antlers over a ranch gate out west.

All of the garden’s benches invited you to sit a spell and have a chat, but we soldiered on.

All around the property, you see stone sculptures tucked in unexpected places.

Everywhere we walked, we saw that something had been there before us, including rabbits and foxes.

We stopped by to say hi to the cow (or steer), who came over to say hey to us and seemed very interested in Michael’s hat.

The barn was looking gorgeous in the sunlight and the snow. I can’t wait until it gets a little warmer and we can get to work on a super-secret project in there for later in the spring.

I love this view, I think it’s my favourite vista on the property.

Hope you had a great weekend, too!