"People from a planet without flowers would think we must be mad with joy the whole time to have such things about us."

---Iris Murdoch

 

 

July 24, 2007

The flowers are opening.

 

 

"Flowers are happy things."

---P. G. Wodehouse

 

Agapanthus

July 24, 2007

 

 

"Flowers are restful to look at. They have neither emotions nor conflicts."

 

----Sigmund Freud

 

 

The mauve of the agapanthus..........a beautiful blending of color and flowers

June 27, 2007

 

Agapanthus

All through the streets and yards of the village,

The Agapanthus spreads it glorious hues of mauve,

Sending into the air its stalks of beauty for us

All to savor and relish and appreciate.

---BT

 

 

"He who plants a garden plants happiness."

---Chinese Proverb

 

 

Agapanthus

May 18, 2007

 

"Flowers are sunshine, food and medicine to the soul."

- Luther Burbank

 

 

Agapanthus

May 18, 2007

 

"For, lo! the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; the flowers appear on the earth..................."

---The Song of Solomon ii. 11, 12

 

 

 

Agapanthus

July 7, 2006

 

"When gardeners garden, it is not just plants that grow, but the gardeners themselves."
 

----Ken Druse

 

Agapanthus

June 15, 2007