Something to cheer up what promises to be a grey and chilly Monday morning:
"In the late 1940's Edward James, an English traveller on his way to Mexico City stopped off for a rest in a forest just outside a monastry at Xilitla. Edward was apparently looking up at the sky, when a cloud of butterflies descended, blocking out the light of the sun. This inspired him to build a public garden in the middle of the forest, and the resulting gardens, Las Pozas, are a delicate fantasy of towering colonnades, impossibly elaborate fountains, doors that appear to be entrances but are actually exits, and staircases that lead to the sky."
From 'The Gardener's Companion' - edited by Vicky Bamforth.
Some pictures here: http://www.eyeconart.net/mexico/pozas.htm
Definitely worth a visit - although how and when I've no idea.
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