Courtyard

This is the same garden with three fountains that I posted on January 26th. It's grown in a bit. jc

From the Ruins

These are interior and exterior shots of a wall and water feature separating a private room from a public space. Note the reflection in the window. It is meant to look like a ruin of a wall from which a spring has emerged. This work is in Charleston, S.C. jc

Other things

• This is from the review of "Bye Bye Birdie" in the February 14 edition of the Cape Cod Times:
  
• Albert Peterson (J C Stahl) dancing his way through "Put on a Happy Face," with moves paying homage to vaudeville, Fred Astaire and even a snippet of Bob Fosse. Outstanding. Stahl, a veteran dancer at Mid-Cape Ballet and Cape Cod Dance Center, has that grace that makes it impossible to take your eyes off him in this number — both when he's dancing and making faces to cheer up a glum teenager (who was also a lovely dancer). Stahl brings to mind Steve Carell from "The Office" and, for you baby boomers, Ken Berry as Capt. Wilton Parmenter in "F Troop."
• I felt the need to share.
  
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Fountain in Wellfleet

I had this stone drilled to make the small fountain. I got to design the entire space on this project. It's a two level deck with steps to a gravel garden, and than a stepping stone path to another sitting platform. I used three circles in this composition (see previous post). I'll show more of this work in later posts. jc

Granite sculpture

I often create gravel circles and put stones and plants in them. I was looking for natural stones, but found these that had been salvaged from the debris of the Charles Street jail renovation in Boston. It was serendipitous in that the client had been in the jail (professionally) as a young lawyer, and remembered it well. I set them in place with a bobcat. Three and a half tons total, I think. I'm quite pleased with the composition. Sort of Noguchi like. There's a young acer palmatum Ukigumo in the left foreground. jc

February 1

The gardens and stonework take their shapes from the curves and eddies of moving water. They are best seen from the deck, from which one also has the best view of the water beyond the fence. jc