Inspiration

About a year ago, J (my hubby) and I started looking for garden inspiration in the neighborhood. When we'd take Bullitt for a walk, we'd tote along our camera and snap pictures of things we liked in others yards. We didn't get much farther than that though, other things kept coming up, like building a new fence for the backyard, installing insulation in the attic, etc. But, now that we are finally getting started on our yard, these photos are proving to be quite useful.

Some of my favorites are below:

Don't these look like alien plants? I LOVE them.





Bullitt sitting patiently while I snap yet another picture.








Notice anything special about the photos? There's a heck of a lot of purple! Who knew? That's what I love about collecting inspiration pictures, it's a great way to step back and see the big picture. Funnily enough, we already have some wisteria growing in the far corner of the front yard next to the garage & some purple lily-like flowers growing underneath. Guess the previous owners liked purple too!