It did not start out looking like it did today. Frances and Kelly bought a perfectly ordinary home on four acres of land set up high over the shore. Their property is not actually on the shore but as the land falls off quickly to the ocean, their view from their home and their yard is of the sea and is magnificent. The yard was only trees and bushes. Bit by bit, the reclaimed their land. Now it is a showplace.
Every time we see their garden, Kelly tells us that they are not exposing any more of the yard. "No more rocks and flowers," says he. "We will just maintain what we have done already." But the next time we visit, another area has been added with more flowers and more rocks and stones. The whole place seems as if you are in a large public garden. There are flowers in every direction, all planted around large rocks.
Both Kelly and Frances tell us that there was no grand plan. They started in one area and just kept going, one area after another. Now it is gorgeous. My brother suggested today that they should charge admission. It has been amazing to watch the development year after year. It is interesting to see what happens with hard work and keen imagination.
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