letting go

After a rainstorm.

medicinal garden

This garden came up to meet me in the breeze, in the nose and in the mind - I knew it by scent before I saw it with my eyes.

The Cloisters of the Metropolitan Museum, New York : "[The Bonnefont] cloister dates from the late 13th or early 14th century, containing capitals and some columns from the Cistercian abbey at Bonnefont-en-Comminges and other local religious foundations in southern France. The herb garden contains more than 250 species of plants which were grown during the Middle Ages. Its design, including raised beds, wattle fences, and central wellhead, is typical of a medieval monastery garden plan. Even the fruit trees outside the south wall are in character, as monasteries were often surrounded by orchards. Tender species such as aloe, lemon, and bay are grown in decorative pots which can be moved inside for the winter, a common gardening practice in northern Europe throughout the late Middle Ages."