A Secret Garden...for real!

I have heard about this secret garden , but I never visited it until last week when my granddaughter was here. It was a perfect time for us to check it out and am I ever glad that we did! It is located inside a coffee shop and you would never know it was there if someone did not tell you {or if you read about it in the paper a few years ago like I did. lol.}

We walked inside the shop and asked to see the secret garden. The lady opened a door and led me down a long cement hallway and opened another door into this glorious beauty!! My mouth just dropped open!! It is just like stepping into another land!! From a stark cement hallway to this!! SO GORGEOUS!! I always heard you could see the huge wisteria roots in here that grow outside on the building, but I didn't realize that they had really made it into a beautiful garden.

Look at the size of this Wisteria trunk and branches. AMAZING! 

I truly was in awe and took several pictures, but there was so much light coming in that they aren't the greatest. I still wanted to share them with you anyway though. 

Love this piece that hangs on the brick wall. 

This is my granddaughter. I wanted you to see her in the picture for scale. This gal is around 5 foot 8 inches tall so you get the idea just how high the walls of this garden are. 

Okay, do you remember my Wisteria posts a few years back that showed the outside of these windows with the Wisteria hanging down? If you didn't see them you can click here , here or even here to see the actual Wisteria when it is in bloom on the outside of the building.

I would still be sitting here in this garden if I actually could get away with it. To have a place like this to get away from the world and all it's noise would be so wonderful, wouldn't it? I think so! 

A pretty little water feature makes a perfect addition to the beautiful garden.

Look at these Wisteria roots?? Wowza! Those are some BIG roots. 

Tons of light shines in from above and I am certainly not a professional photographer, but you get the idea. 

Now seriously, looking at the front of this coffee house would you have ever dreamed that there was a secret garden inside??  I wouldn't have!!  Even looking at the side of the building where the Wisteria grows, I would have never dreamed of a secret space for a perfect retreat. However, now I will think of it every time I pass by this place and truthfully will probably stop more often and have a latte...just to visit the secret garden.

 Happy Sunday!

More wisteria and a nest WINNER!

Remember a few posts back when I showed you this place

and the wisteria had not bloomed yet? I drove back up

there on Monday hoping that I had not missed it this year.

I was a little disappointed because there was not more

blooms, but thankful that there were a few. I don't know

if I am late or early since we haven't had much sun so

I hope to check again soon.

I just love this building with all the vines and wisteria.

Reminds me of France.

Makes me want to move upstairs in one of the

apartments...if they are apartments. :)

Wouldn't this be a neat door to walk through every day? Love it!

And now for the winner of a beautiful nest. This morning I put all the names in a bowl and the first name to hop right out of the bowl was: Danielle from A Blessed Serendipity Life!

Congratulations Danielle!! I will be contacting you to get your info. In the next week or so I will be doing a larger giveaway and another nest just might be included so stay tuned!

Happy Thursday everyone!

Wisteria in bloom!

I went to my bff's house last week just to photograph

her gorgeous wisteria and here it is. They have two plants. one is his. one is hers.

This one that is blooming is his. It is taking over hers.

Hmmm...lol

I think it is just gorgeous no matter whose it is. :)

{ I was only allowed to photograph upwards because they are working on the house. lol}

This is her candytuft that she has planted on both

sides of her outside stairs that lead to her basement.

Love how it drapes over the sides!

Her potting shed cubby that her hubby made her.

Still haven't gotten mine made yet. I need to get hubby working on that asap!

Is this the cutest garden figurine or what?

Hope you enjoyed the photos today. It is raining here

again...and it is supposed to for the next few days.

This year is the strangest weather ever. I feel so bad

for all those out west affected by the tornados. One day life is moving along just fine and the next day

it is all wiped out. So many lives lost and so many

lives turned upside down. I am so very, very thankful

today for what I have.

Got a rude awakening today by snail mail.

Credit card charges to the tune of $138 for a credit

card that we haven't even activated. It was used to

purchase items in Virginia and California. Thank God

it wasn't for thousands of dollars. They are investigating.

How can someone use a credit card that I have in my

possession when I haven't called and activated it?

Another one of life's mysteries I suppose.

Seems very minor compared to what many people

have gone through this year so I am so very grateful.

It could be something so much worse.

Blessings~

Wisteria ~

I found these pictures on my computer today that I took a couple years ago of some gorgeous Wisteria blooming in Hillsdale, Michigan which is about a half hour away from us. I could not believe how beautiful this is and I had never noticed it before. I was there for quite some time and took several pictures. Enjoy ~

I love this old building that the Wisteria is attached to. Gorgeous architecture ~