You welcome me with sweeping views,
Embrace me with beauty from all directions,
Tantalize me with sunshine magic,
Tease me with glimpses of fairy friends,
Direct me down secret paths,
Reveal hidden treasures,
Send cool breezes across the waterways,
Bring ancient magic to the stillness,
Raise my soul up to fly with the swifts,
Always calling forth my own inner goddess,
Until your fragrance overwhelms me.
I leave sun mazed, sun dazed,
And eager to return.
Copyright 2013 Brenda Davis Harsham
Note: Photographs taken today at the Gardens at Elm Bank in Wellesley, MA USA
Dedication: This poem and these photographs are dedicated to all the people at the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, staff and volunteers, who make Elm Bank Reservation truly magnificent.
30 thoughts on “Love Letter to Elm Bank”
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Friendly Fairy Tales 
I have always liked the quotes on fairy tales from C.S. lewis and Einstein brilliant graphics and even the plain pink backgroun is engaging, drwas me in
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You’re the first to comment on those boxes I put up. Just doing my little bit to encourage a love of fairy tales. I love how fairy tales are enjoyable at all ages. They embrace kids, moms, dads, dreamers and the quirky. 🙂 Thanks for visiting and commenting. 🙂
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the first to comment!! they are what i saw FIRST
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Good! I’m so pleased they are having an impact. 🙂
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🙂
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Brenda, beautifully done poem about an elegant place to visit! I love visiting established gardens; thank you for the lovely tour.
Blessings ~ Wendy
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Thanks!! I haven’t written poetry publicly for many years, and I find myself enjoying it all over again. 🙂
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I hope that you will post more of your poems, Brenda.
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I will soon, thanks, Greenlightlady. 🙂
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I can just imagine this place in the rainbow colors of autumn…
*sigh*
But I venture to guess it is mystical in every season. 🙂
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I’ll try to go back and see it again in autumn. New England has such beautiful colors in autumn. It was glorious in spring, too.
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Lovely…beautiful moments and views to celebrate your you-ness 🙂
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Wow! Brenda this is a really magically special post. You’re cheering me up as I’m feeling so poorly with a cold, however, it’s interesting that I was in a beautiful garden, similar to this one two days ago sitting among the flowers, soaking up summer and observing the wonderful butterflies and bees at their work, when I’m up to it I’ll show you on my blog. Isn’t it lovely to be part of this wonderful universe 🙂
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Absolutely. I love having eyes able to see the magic and the soul to feel filled up and sated by it.
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My eyes caught the butterfly in the opening pic …. and read these words in the eyes of a butterfly’s journey.
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What a lovely comment, thanks! We were surrounded at all times by butterflies, bees, birds, flowers and magic. Just remembering brings a sigh of pleasure. 🙂
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eager to return! (a most wonderful feeling!)
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Now I just need to convince my kids!
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Lovely, lovely, lovely! Kudos~
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Thanks!! My children ran through the sprinkler. Howling, laughing. My daughter hugged the goddesses. My son pretended to be a bird in a nest. We had a magical morning, indeed.
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wow, what a magical and lovely space )
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Isn’t it a great garden? It’s different every time I visit, and always more fun and magical than I expect. 🙂
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A pretty place – I can confirm there are likely fairies afoot in this garden.
Elephant
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Definitely! 🙂
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But is it a member FDIC??
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Any money deposited is turned into fairy gold. 🙂
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Looks like a very magical place. Lovely!
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It was a magical morning. 🙂
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A sweet tribute to a beautiful place. 🙂
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Thanks! We had a wonderful morning there. It has a children’s garden my kids love.
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