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By Analeese Burnabaker
Anyone who knows me well knows that there is no place I would
rather be at the end of a long day than out in my garden
enjoying a cup of tea. In the cool fall and spring months, I
prefer a cup of hot peppermint tea in my garden, and in the
heat of summer I apt for a cup of iced lemon tea. There is
something magical about being in my backyard garden that I
just
cannot get enough of. I have read more books, journaled more
pages, and shared more great conversations with my family in
our garden than almost anywhere else. The atmosphere of my
garden was recently made even more magical when we strung
garden lighting throughout the entire thing.
I have no idea why I hadn't thought of using great garden
lighting before, but I was definitely open to the idea when my
artistically driven teenage daughter suggested it as we sat on
our back porch one night with tea cups. She thought that
garden
lighting might do something special for the mood of the garden
and that it might make us want to spend even more time there.
Before I knew it we had sat our tea cups down and were headed
to a local gardening store to see what kinds of garden
lighting
we could find. We were amazed when we took time to look
through
the store at how many garden lighting options we had. We
choose
a few strings of tiny Chinese laterns that we in bright teal
and
olive colors. We both loved them and knew that they would be
the
perfect garden lighting for our needs.
We rushed home and decided not to wait until morning to put
the
garden lighting up. Instead, we went immediately to our
backyard
garden and began stringing the lights from tree to tree to
tree.
After checking to see that all of the bulbs worked, we decided
not to let ourselves turn the garden lighting on until we had
it all up and hanging in place. I'm so glad we waited because
when we finally turned on our new garden lighting it was
amazing. The small and colorful Chinese laterns did a lot for
the look and feel of our garden. The garden lighting only made
it more inviting than it was before.
We gathered the rest of our family and brought them outside to
see our work. They enjoyed the garden lighting as much as we
did and within minutes we were making popcorn and had plans to
enjoy the backyard garden together that evening. I love the
way
my garden lighting looks, but even more than that I love the
way
our garden has become a gathering place for the people I love
most.
About The Author: Analeese Burnabaker is a busy author and
mother of five. When she has any down time she works hard at
making her house a family refuge. She loves the haven of her
garden and her new garden lighting. See
www.gardenlightingnews.info for more on garden lighting
for your garden.
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