A couple of years ago, my husband built a small concrete pool in the woods. It is a simple circle surrounded by a circular brick-in-sand paved area. He lined the water with a rough rock edge and has tended to a changing scene of border flowers around the brick area. I have been amazed in its simplicity how it has had such appeal over time. The circular water lily leaves and fish ripples mirror the way the pool sits in a circle of tall pine trees and we have seen the moon rise and cross over it several times. It also has two round stone spheres he placed on the rock walls for interest....which all led to it being called the "moon pool." Some rather simple new pieces came to mind this summer, which I felt were tied to things about this garden, and I named them accordingly. I also have earlier pieces called "Circle of Trees" (1999) and "Floating Flower" and "Moon Petals" (2005) that could be part of this set as well. A circle of trees surrounds the place we later put the pool, planted lilies reminding me of the wild type decorate the water in summer, and the moon petals piece was named for the night flower that grows on a fence beside the entry path, which continues beyond the pool into the woods at the edge of Jobe's Farm (the subject of the 2004 pieces). We have watched tadpoles and frogs as never before, and a few other odd things. My husband walked down the trail one morning and had a quiet moment eye to eye with a deer under Mr. Jobe's apple trees, but he had no camera. So....improvise and interpret these freely using your own thoughts. Pieces in this collection are:
Hiding Places - Silver Ripples - Zinnias Filmfiles: 
The
sheet music for
Pool of Reflections can be found here: http://www.mindspring.com/~lesextra7/POR/
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