The Not So Secret Garden

First I created a character who gives ghost tours in Savannah’s historic district. Then, desperate for life to imitate art, we bought a house in the historic district that tour buses, trolleys, horse drawn carriages, wagons and Brownie troops pass. The house is on their tour route and they pause at our gate both day and night. As I told my agent, it’s a 24/7 stream of potential readers.

Here’s the remarkable Ivan Bailey www.artmetal-ivanbailey.com/ gate filled with secret garden treasures they stop to admire:

The home’s previous owner perpetuated the gate’s legacy by filling the courtyard with the kind of lush plants I’ve been known to rhapsodize over. Now it falls to us to carry-on their good work. Beyond hiring a gardener and admiring what’s already there, I’m guilty of dreaming up potential additions…..a Lady Banks Rambling Rose? Gardenias? Camellias? A Magnolia tree?

Here’s the view from where I’ll write:

No excuses for falling short on inspiration.