retreat
An informal cottage garden in the scottish borders with herbs and other scented plants running riot in the sunshine
See also quiet space
retreat belongs to the following groups:
All About Flowers, Backyard Photography (NO MACROS, DOGS, CATS, INSECTS, SKYSCAPES), European Everyday Life (add the place!), Friends of RedBubble, Human and Nature, Landscape Photography, Live and Let Live, Live, Love, Dream: , Mood & Ambience - Strictly Photos, The Addicted Photographerâ–º2 Per Dayâ—„, The Scots are Coming, The World, The World As We See It , or as we missed it., United Kingdom and Your Magic PLACE Available for sale asGreeting Cards, Matted Prints, Laminated Prints, Mounted Prints, Canvas Prints and Framed Prints


Kathryn Potempski
I am On my way,fantastic comp,brilliant colors and shot
paul boast
BEAUTIFUL CAPTURE , A SAMPLE OF HEAVEN , WOULD LOVE TO REST HERE A WHILE
sticky
Idyllic cottage garden, can hear the bees. Beautifully shot x
MuscularTeeth
i want one !
Jane Keats
Oh, my favourite kind of garden, lovely pic!
Kelly J
So quaint!! Beautiful maggie :)
hilarydougill
My idea of heaven, I could actually live there. haha. Beautiful capture, glorious place, plants, colour and imagery. hugs
salsbells69
I need one~!!!
Julie Langford
Beautiful. Makes me want to grab a book, and just – retreat for a few hours.
Phil Threlfall
How beautiful
Sensiworld
Lovely capture !
Jodie Elchah
All I would need to go with it was a cuppa tea and a big book, Oh and my camera.. Great capture Dingy… Jodie
Mayina
Gorgeous
Richard Veal
A nice place to sit and have a nice glass (bottle) of wine, on your own.
phil1950
Great shot of a beautiful location, great colours and tones, nicely framed, well done.
Angel Perry
adorable! Great comp.
AARDVARK
Hello Sailor!
Nice colours.
Michael Oubridge
Wow what a great place to relax or go bug hunting :)
Photographer
Simply Beautiful, wonderful place to take a moment, lovely image Dinghy.
Robin Brown
Now would this be your informal Garden Dinghy or someone else’s. Fabulous garden well photographed too. Hope you’ll be at the Eastgate on the 17th for the PRA summer Exhi. Just handed in three pics for framing this morning. Popped in yesterday to the Eastgate but didn’t see Ian or Andrew sadly. I was the only person in at the time. The exhibition looks great.
joak
well done ding lovely composition and angle brilliant colours good stuff
LindaR
ooooooooooh, I love this!!! what a slice of heaven ~ all you need is a good camera, good book, a good drink and hours to enjoy ~ I hope you are enjoying it all ~!! xx
reflector
Perfection, right in your back yard ! It looks even better than I imagined it looked from the small copy !
Brilliant colours and setting, and awesome imagery for Wall Art and Cards ! Smokin !!!
brian pendrey
great capture
JLDunn
I love it d! What a beautiful cottage garden, and lovely gazebo.
George Lenz
lovely scenery…. nice shot
Tom Gomez
Lovely scene, the garden looks so wild …
naturalimages
great shot of a cottage style garden
Tom Vaughan
wonderful image… so serene.
Sean Farragher
lovely capture
Clive King
Brilliant. If you can have a cold beer ready I’ll bring my own book! Lol.
Roddy Atkinson
So tranquil, beautiful capture.
debsphotos
Oh Maggie…This is so lovely!!!! *-)
handprintz
Wonderful cottage garden,lovely image,it would be so relaxing to be sitting reading a book in the window
Sharon Perrett
Hi Ding, finally having a browse and what a stunning image to start with, beautiful capture, excellent composition. A perfect resting place after the decorating :)) LOL
Tainia Finlay
Well done ding .. this is AWESOME .. I would so love to be there :D
Antanas
beautiful shot
Lucindawind
gorgeous!!
Helene Kippert
Love the framing maggie!
Joanne Bradley
This would be a lovely garden to get lost in! Great shot!
Mar Silva
What beautiful colors, composition and imagery!
marchello
What a great shot..sure looks like the place to retreat alright…very beautiful
Joyce Dickens,...
Gorgeous image; beautifuly composed and captured! Love the perspective!
Jonicool
Beautiful!!
Kimberley Davitt
stunning image and view
Graeme Pettit ...
Super garden scene – I love this informality and naturalness.
EdgeOfReality
This is beautiful. A lovely place to relax.
Mariaan Krog
Stunning pic Maggie! Well spotted!
Jan Piller
What a pretty place! Nice perspective – I could spend a day there! Is this your garden?
SueAnne
This is so beautiful, I just love all the flowers
Maggieposh
Look’s like my kind of place…great shot.Mp
John Edwards
A beautiful shot
DesImages
Wonderful sense of peace – just where I’d like to be right now!
wildflower83
I would give anything to be there right now. It is so beautiful!
Lois Bryan
what a beautiful retreat!!! This is one of those magical images that is relaxing just to look at!!! Sooo soothing!!!!
Mary Campbell
Lovely just as a garden house should be..
Diane Rodriguez
Wonderful comp. It looks so inviting. Nicely done.
jacqi
My sort of garden, an idyllic escape from the world – oh bliss!
LavenderMoon
Marvelous place… would make a great Hobbit Hut… : )
dinghysailor1
would love to have some hobbits come visit!! so welcome my friend
;))
dinghysailor1
and would serve them more dainties than ships biscuits too!
Dragan Petrovic
Cliche, but still I can only hope that I can make shots like this.
mmills3080
so gorgeous!!
Shanina Conway
Beautiful capture of a special place …..good luck with the comp;)
Kelly J
Woohoo… congratulations on the feature!!! :)) x
amarica
Congratulations on being featured in the PEACE, LOVE & TRANQUILITY group!!!
dinghysailor1 replied
ooh thanks amarica and kelly its a real honour
;))))
Melle
What a beautifull setting. Breath taking shot. It’s so inviting.
LudaNayvelt
wonderful work
triciamary
Such a beautiful, peaceful natural setting. I’d love to have a garden like this!
Lois Bryan
YAY!!!!! I Looooooooooooooove this shot to pieces!!!! i was just going to b-mail you about the “Corner of the World” challenge and make sure you put up one of your spectacular images!!!!! That you entered this one (which I … being the clever girl that I am … recognized immediately) is cause for celebration!!!!! YAY!!
dinghysailor1 replied
Oooh lois you are lovely and thanks for for the heartwarming yay ;))))) this place looking a bit different at the moment but roll on spring …and summer here we come…:)))
cheers :))
Marjorie Wallace
This is just perfect. this photo would be perfect in our new group, “Cottage-Style” A wonderful image to see and would be perfect in my garden.
lorilee
LOVELY!!!!!!
Agnes McGuinness
Congratulations on your top ten place, Maggie. This is so beautiful. Agnes xx
Lois Bryan
Maggie!!!!! WHEEEEEEEE!!!! You came in third in Happy Haven’s “My Corner Of The World challenge!!!!! How I adore this shot!!!! Sooooo excited for you, sweetie!!!!! YAAY!!!!!
Rosy Kueng
Congratulations on making the Top 10 Maggie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What a wonderful corner to be…celebrate!
dinghysailor1 replied
big grins and cant believe it rosy in amongst those stunning entries…thanks so much!!
Pat Yager
What a neat place, Maggie! And Congratulations on making the Top 10 in Happy Haven! – Pat
dinghysailor1 replied
pat am so honoured you like this!! cheers my friend
ding
:))
mikebov
congrats on top 10 Maggie
This truly is a haven
dinghysailor1 replied
thanks ..,. it looks very different now! but what an awesome challenge with such amazing entries.. have loved exploring them..
;))
Marie Sharp
CONGRATULATIONS ON PLACING IN THE TOP TEN FOR THE “MY CORNER OF THE WORLD” CHALLENGE IN HAPPY HAVEN PHOTOGRAPHY!
dinghysailor1 replied
thanks marie – i feel very humble indeed as the entries in this fantastic challenge were really exceptional!! such exceptional captures… am utterly amazed! cheers!!
:))))
ZicklerPhoto
Congratulations! I would love to have an area like that in my backyard :-)
AnnieSnel
Congratulations! Beautiful capture!
SandraRos
dinghysailor1
big grins on your lovely feel good banner!! thanks so very much indeed!!
ding
:))
Heloisa Castro
great shot
Taschja Hattingh
I love your garden! Please send me some seeds…lol Looks really like a happy haven!
dinghysailor1 replied
grinning here – nothing i’d like better than to share and compare notes in yours… bet it would look pretty exotic to me.. . am just off to do some weeding now before the sailing season starts and then its back to its usual rampant neglect LOL…
cheers
:))
;))
joyousmoon
Beautiful capture. Congratulations on your feature!
lizalady
What a cute retreat. Fantastic shot.
billfox256
“We are made one with what we touch and see” – Oscar Wilde. To me this quote fits you great picture perfectly. Bill
dinghysailor1 replied
wow thanks for your thoughtful comment… i think i know what he meant… certainly a real sense of all being well with the world when you sit in here…
:))
emanon
As soon as I saw the photograph I recognised it, wonderful place and you show it so well, congratulations on being featured, it is well deserved. x
SandraRos
dinghysailor1 replied
WOW!! what a happy day!! thanks so very much indeed for the honour and love your happy banner…
cheers
:))
Cheryl Lunde
Congrats, what a beautiful image!
Marie Sharp
This is so beautiful and would be wonderful in Backyard Photography
Marie ~ Host
dinghysailor1 replied
thanks so much :)))
Michelle Legg
Is this from your garden? It’s beautiful and a great shot as well.
dinghysailor1 replied
yes it is.. a bit of a wild sailors garden…LOL … and it comes out very scruffily in closeup…LOL… thanks heaps michelle :))
Evita
Congratulations !!! Featured in COUNTRY GARDENS! Come and grow with us
dinghysailor1 replied
wow!! thanks so so much indeed for the honour! i feel very thrilled indeed
cheers my friend
:))
Monica Scanlan
Beautiful and serene shot!!!
VanillaDolphin
Congrats on your win =)
Lois Bryan
WHEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!! Congratulations!!!!! You WON the Garden Challenge in That’s Entertainment, Maggie!!!!! One of my all-time-favorite-anywhere-anytime images!!!!! (And I voted for it, lol!!!) Soooooo excited for you!!!!!!! Get those red shoes on, girl, and let’s see a bit of highland flinging!!!!!!!! YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAY!!
dinghysailor1 replied
oooh happy dancing here lois!! flinging..twisting.. shouting..the works..LOL.. thanks for letting me know and what lovely comments!! would sit here for a chinwag with you after we’re all danced out..
:)))
Martina Fagan
A smashing capture very lovely:))
Martina Fagan
ps congrats Maggie
Shaun Whiteman
A beautifully composed shot, I love the amazing array of colours! The title is perfect too!!
Betty Mackey
Congratulations on the sale!
hanne
This looks like a perfect spot on a sunny day.
CraigsMom
That is the kind of place I would love to sit and relax in.
Lois Bryan 1 day ago
... do you know??? Every time I visit your portfolio, I stop and rest here for awhile???