Showing posts with label Finistere. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Finistere. Show all posts

Thursday, August 13, 2009

Worlds End

Gardening requires lots of water - most of it in the form of perspiration. ~Lou Erickson

I went to the end of the world and came back, well actually it was a two night stay over at a friends home in Finistere, the name in Latin means the end of the world. Brittany is called Breizh in the Breton language and Finistere is Penn-ar-Bed (The head of the world).

The landscape is very different over there, in fact at times it is difficult to see any landscape at all since it is obscured by thousands of trees, miles and miles of forest, I guess it makes a change from miles of maize fields.

The garden has several ponds some are very colourful.

A splash of colour


The garden has many large ornamental plants but also is home to many small bright summer flowers.


Sunshine bright

On the Sunday afternoon a BBQ was lit and people arrived for a pleasant and relaxing time in the lovely garden.

Some people met for the first time and sat around in the sunshine, others played in the shade by the water.

Hours of fun with New Friends


The French ~ To go and relax is se détendre
& To take to the shade is ombragé