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7.02.2011

Summer in the City - Part Three

I love window boxes.  When we lived in Connecticut I loved planting window boxes for every season.  It was my way to make some sense of living on two acres, a lot of it wetlands, overgrown pachysandra and quite a bit of poison ivy.  Planting window boxes was my way of gardening when I felt like I needed a beginning, a middle and an end.  The rest of the two acres seemed to always need weeding, trimming....something.  When we were in the city last week I loved walking the streets with brownstones in search of window boxes.  I took these photos as we walked along Christopher Street in the Village.





6 comments:

  1. The window boxes are beautiful and I adore the wrought iron... magnificent... you are truly capturing the beauty of the city!

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  2. Gorgeous - I love a good window box too! A great way for a home to show some of the owner's personality on the outside of the house. Your trip to the city looks fantastic!

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  3. So gorgeous Annie, brilliant pics
    Claudia xo

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  4. Thanks for taking us on your trip to NY! I love window boxes. Tons of houses in Minneapolis had window boxes that were amazing, don't really see it much here in So Cal or in Ca in general. Welcome home!

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  5. Gorgeous! The combination of wrought iron and flowers is so European. I'm in DC for a couple of weeks and all the street lights are decorated with massive hanging planters of pink flowers. It's stunning.

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  6. I love window boxes as well. Sadly my house doesn't lend itself to having some. Thanks for sharing the lovely photos. Ange

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