They were booking a trip to the south, just to get away from the business of life, when I arrived at Ann and Jim’s home in Minneapolis. Offering me iced tea with a sprig of mint from her garden, Ann took me to the place she and Jim consider their sanctuary. Their backyard plot was as if it had come out of a Better Homes and Garden’s magazine. In years past the couple had worked with a trained gardner and landscaper to achieve the garden of their dreams, and now they were allowing me to enter their world. A crop of wild strawberries was waiting for the two neighbor boys the loved to come and pick them. A potting bench stood full of flowers I had never heard names for. Bright colors filled the garden as luscious greens filled as backdrops, and the quiet sound of trickling water brought a peace in the Minneapolis area. It was a joy and honor to come and photograph your peaceful garden for the day.
