My Visit to "Tansy Meadows"

I happened to be in a part of our county that I do not often get to visit in. Driving through this gorgeous farmland, I came to a home of a friend that I had not seen for a long time. Her daughters and my daughters attended the same school for many years. I heard that she opened a gift shop at the barn behind her home. I had flashbacks of this lady and her very artistic skills with flowers and plantings. I pulled into the driveway carefully trying to avoid hitting all of the cats that were lazily enjoying the afternoon sun. I saw my old friend walking out to her shop and realized how much I had missed seeing her the last few years. The funky purple planter filled with flowers and sitting by the side of the road, was a warm welcome for anyone passing by, to stop in and pay a visit.

The name of her shop is "Tansy Meadows", just in case you happen to live anywhere near this part of the world.

The plantings in this pot(which she made from concrete), were so beautifully placed and the colors looked so nice together. There were five pots in a row, and she said they were already spoken for. I totally understood why. She said she makes lots of these concrete pots with holes in the bottom for drainage. They can withstand all kinds of weather.

Here she had pansies planted in the seat of an old wooden chair that she had painted purple.
She told me that she likes to paint garden pieces wild and fun colors.

This is the view from the driveway of the shop. She later took me into her kitchen and this amazing view is what she sees from her large kitchen window. I think I would spend the day washing dishes, if I had this view.



Lots of old canning jars graced the shelves of her quaint, old barn gift shop. If jars could talk, what a story they would tell.

Another old wooden chair with pansies planted in the seat, and a bow tied to the top of the chair.

One of the many cats just relaxing in the warmth of the afternoon sun.



I remarked about this piece up on the wall of the shop. She said, "oh, that is an old wooden frame that one of the school mothers gave her, many years ago." This is what she chose to do with the frame...how very clever.

An old wooden box filled with fresh herbs and plants, and an old stone bunny. What a creative mind she has in using all shades of green and many different textures.


Here are some more of the concrete pots she created and planted with colorful flowers. She had only planted the flowers a little while ago, so you can imagine how pretty they will look weeks from now. An enjoyable break in my busy day. Time with an old friend and the privilege of seeing once again the God-given talent she has utilized in this little gift shop out in the middle of the farmland. Our short time together was a blessing, and I've thought about it often as I continued on in my day's duties.