Gazebo Speaking

Hi! It’s me, Tatyana’s gazebo. She took a picture of me this morning, and I didn’t like how I look.

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I look like a wet chicken. Why did she want people to see me like this? Why doesn’t she think that I might be as image-conscious as she is? I don’t want you to have the wrong impression of me so I decided to show you how pretty I can be.
I think I am a good looking gazebo. If not, why would she fall in love with me the moment she saw me in the store? She loved me even more when she saw my price tag! I was so affordable that her husband needed to talk to the manager to find out when they will get more of me. People were grabbing me like garden gloves!
I am also light. So light, they were able to assemble and install me themselves. Look at this picture.
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They didn’t prop me up yet, and she ran to her vegetable garden to take this picture. I like those tall dark columbines. Why did she yank them? Ah, they started to spread and take up too much space. What a pity! Back to me. I look good close and from afar. I should give them credit for they put me in the right place. That wall was bare without me.
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I love the pictures with dates printed on them. Don’t you? She removed that feature from her camera later, and it happens now that she can’t tell when a picture was taken. Looks are everything!
For some time, I looked naked, although she was fast to plant several grapevines around me. You could see through me and admire blooming clematis montana in the spring.
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Grapes grew fast. Do you see a yucca to the right from me?
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It was there before me and it’s getting bigger and bigger. Do you think it needs to be moved? Let it stay?

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Things like to grow near me. They know I serve as a great background. Look at these foxgloves. They grow in front of me and even inside of me!

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Many of you might remember this picture below, but did you notice me back there?
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Fuchsia Double Otto loves to grow nearby.

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Some plants can’t be close to me, so they try to be on pictures with me, like these poppies and alliums:

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She likes to use me as a place to watch her garden.

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Hmm, didn’t she say that orange and yellow weren’t her favorite colors? But look at that nasturtium! She planted it as a companion plant for her vegetables, but it spread and found its way to her purple and pink flowers.

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I know what she will say when she looks at this picture below: ”Damn, I forgot to dig out the dahlias again! They will either be frozen if the winter is cold or rotten if it’s wet”.

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See the bamboo bean tower between my bars in the next picture? This year, there were two towers, and there were plenty of beans. But you know what, the summer was so late, most of them never reached maturity. Its a good thing she has a big compost pile!

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So, what I want to say is I look good during all seasons, not only in summer. In spring, you can see curves of the grapevines and their buds opening to young leaves.

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In fall, those leaves drop on the ground creating a brown carpet.

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This fall, the snow came unusually early, before Thanksgiving when I was still covered by leaves.

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There is not enough sun here for grapes to ripen.
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But they look lovely. They are my earrings.

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Just look at those clusters! Do you think the birds will eat them? Do birds love sour berries?
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When real winter comes, I will still be beautiful:
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That’ all so far. Do you like me? Do you? Really? Thank you! You, gardeners, are such nice people. You know how important we, gazebos, are in the garden. Just try to take our pictures when we look our best, OK?

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Copyright 2010 TatyanaS