Gretchen reminded me that the vintage image of the garden from the house needed to be “flipped”, and when I made that correction I got looking at the image…here is a larger version…

flipped garden image

vintage with boy

and here’s that same view from the second floor of the house this past year…

bedroom 4

and the garden seat this summer…

bench empty

and again this fall…

bench this fall

and here are Irene and Jon using this lovely spot as a “photo op”…

Jon & Irene

and I suspect this isn’t the first time.  Wouldn’t it be fun to find some other photos in this same spot?