April 12th Photo-A-Day PEACEFUL
Finally, my Photo-A-Day prompt that isn’t IN the house or AROUND the house. Are you excited??
I actually took these pictures a couple of weeks ago. The Husband had a doctor’s appointment and I wanted the opportunity to walk through the Healing Garden.
The Healing Garden is between Sandpoint Idaho’s hospital and the doctors’ buildings. It’s the perfect little PEACEFUL spot. I had never taken the time to walk through the garden but The Husbands appointment took forEVER. Side note here (yes, sidetrack again!) doctors appointments in California take 40 minutes to get in and 10 minutes with the doctor. IF YOU ARE LUCKY!! The same appointment here in Sandpoint is 5 minute wait and 40 to 60 minutes WITH THE DOCTOR?!?! Sayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy wahhhhhhhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaa???? You mean a doctor is going to actually sit and TALK TO US?! Ohhhhhhh Sandpoint yet another reason to love you.
ANYWAY, I sat in the car with my California mind set that The Husband would be 15 minutes top. Instead of almost 2 hours! Eventually, I decided that a trip to the Healing Garden was exactly what I needed.
So PEACEFUL, the only sound was me crunching through the snow. I found homemade bird houses galore.
A small picnic area, a teepee with seats inside.
A small chapel.
AND FAIRY GARDENS!!! I can’t wait for Alice to come back up here! She does love the fairy gardens!
This sculpture is HUGE! The thumb is almost as tall as I am!
So, come to Sandpoint for the beauty, the quiet, the EXTREMELY NICE people, caring medical staff and the Healing Garden. (of course there is ME too!)
12 Comments
Michele Soyer
This place is so lovely.. calm, serene…perfect to enjoy while waiting for someone…Here doctors appointments take 1-2 hours waiting then 10-15 minutes tops if you are lucky.. the last one was all of 5 minutes!!
Connie Gruning
Michele, SAME here!! I am always amazed with the Sandpoint doctors! They actually take TIME with patients. So not what I am use to that’s for sure.
Kate Sarsfield
I love healing gardens and they do exactly that. Somewhere to just stop and breathe.
Connie Gruning
Kate, I can’t wait till spring and I’ll post the Healing Gardens in full bloom. It’s beautiful!
Crystal K
In my (admittedly limited) experience of Idaho, it’s full of surprises!!
Connie Gruning
Crystal, Idaho has been truly full of surprises. Today was so foggy you couldn’t see anything further than the deck!
Tamra Phelps
It does look really relaxing. I love the fairy gardens, too.
Sarah L
Very peaceful. I like the fairy gardens.
Dana Rodriguez
That is very beautiful. I have never seen a Healing Garden before but it does look relaxing. I especially like the giant hand. I know what you mean about drs..and dentists too. It is hard to find one that actually talks to you and at least act like they care.
Connie Gruning
Dana, having left a doctor that was always in a hurry to having one that sits down and talks….. well, it was a happy surprise.
Rosie
Ohhh I adore the healing garden! It is so nice, I’ve never seen one before. Doctor appts here are assembly line, very long wait times, typically 15 minutes unless it is serious and half of that is them checking notes and me alerting them they think I’m someone else…. sounds like the old days to have someone treat you like a person!!! and not an auto part on the assembly line! Hope he is OK.
Connie Gruning
Rosie, I know what you mean! Sometimes I wonder if the doctors are even really listening, my old doctor just typed away and I’m not convinced he wasn’t just surfing the Internet.