The Beautiful Place Where I Get To Work

Let me ask you a question. Each day when you pull up into your favorite parking spot at work what are you thinking? Is it...oh my gosh I don't want to be here, or is it time to go home yet, or maybe you are thinking that you are going to be stuck inside a concrete building all day and you may or may not have a window to look out of...well not me. I am one lucky girl.

I work at Gardner Village. With it's beautiful pathways, quaint little shops and great place to eat you will find it an amazing shopping experience that will excite all your senses.

On any given day I am greeted by a beautiful mama duck and her growing babies looking for some bread. I might be greeted by Snowball the beautiful BLACK cat that roams Gardner Village making new friends and camps out at the  Christmas shop when he needs a nap. In the spring there are robins making nests and laying beautiful blue eggs and last year right next to the candy shop one of the mama ducks made a nest and filled it with 15 eggs. I checked on her everyday to see how she was. There are spring flowers of every kind and the fish in the pond are so big and beautiful. I can't resist bringing extra bread to work to feed them all.

But in the winter there is another kind of beauty and here it is......

The pond was frozen and the ducks had been ice skating...LOL

The beautiful covered bridges are a great place to take a break and feed the ducks and fish!

During the day when the sun shines on the snow it looks like someone scattered diamonds everywhere!

This is Anastasia's Attic where I am the manager. It is an amazing store with a feeling of magic and old world charm. And if you look real close you might even see a fairy, that is AFTER we give you a little magic fairy dust.

During the Christmas holiday season you will find Elves peeking out from almost everywhere. They are sneaky little rascals!

I just love this gingerbread house!

Looks like these two are having fun and will need some of that hot cocoa!

This is Angie Long (President of Gardner Village) she and her brother Joe Long (CEO of Gardner Village) took over the daily running of the Village when their Mother Nancy retired. Nancy started it all as a hard working single mom with little money but a whole lot of guts, backbone and determination. Guess we also need to add imagination as well. Her vision started  over 30 years ago and today Gardnevr Village is one of the most visited historic sites in Utah.


As this year comes to a close and I am looking back at all the things I have to be thankful for I will count Gardner Village as one of my most wonderful blessings. I am not only fortunate enough to have a job I love, and work with people I love but I get to do it in one the most beautiful and magical places Utah has to offer...yep as I said before...I am a lucky girl!!
Merry Christmas!!