secret garden

"the secret garden is always open now.
open, and awake, and alive.
if you look the right way, you can see

that the whole world is a garden."
- frances hodgson burnett, the secret garden

 

 

 

there is a beautiful garden on campus and i've walked through it a couple of times. it's like a little utopia of calm and serenity. the pretty grasses blow in the wind, the vibrant flowers cheerfully greet you, the bunnies and ducks play in the grass while the butterflies flit around the grounds.

it's like it's part of a disney movie.  the day that i took these photos, the bunnies were hopping right up to students who were sprawled out in the grass reading. i was half expecting cartoon characters to appear and start to sweetly sing and twirl.

but i never noticed the little plaque that gives this sweet place a name: the secret garden.  and it exists because of a generous unknown donor...how mysteriously enchanting is that?

it's nice to know this little place exists so that i have somewhere to escape to when the craziness of the semester gets into full swing :)