"To create a garden is to search
for a better world. In our effort to improve on nature, we are
guided by a vision of paradise. Whether the result is a horticultural
masterpiece or only a modest vegetable patch, it is based on the
expectation of a glorious future. This hope for the future is
at the heart of all gardening."--- Marina
Schinz
Mahogany and Salmon Queen
April 18, 2007
"If you would be happy all
your life--plant a garden."
----Chinese Proverb
Salmon Queen
March 13, 2007
"The love of gardening is
a seed that once sown never dies."
---Gertrude Jekyll
Alstromeria
April 20, 2007
"The garden must be prepared
in the soul first or else it will not flourish."
-----English Proverb
Iceberg Roses are blooming
April 20, 2007
"Gardening is about enjoying
the smell of things growing in the soil, getting dirty without
feeling guilty, and generally taking the time to soak up a little
peace and serenity."
----Lindley Karstens
Happy Thought Rose Pink Zonal Geranium
April 17, 2007
"He who plants a garden
plants happiness."
---Chinese Proverb
Happy Thought Rose Pink Zonal Geranium
"A garden always gives back
more than it receives."
----Mara Beamish
Camellia in an Irish Churchyard
April 2007
Camillia-Petal
Fell in silent dawn
Spilling
A water-Jewel.
----Basho
Note by BT: We had driven 3 hours that day
to visit a small very old church and its cemetery in Castletownshend,
a small very old and historic village in Co. Cork. We walked up
the hill to the cemetery and there noted the many gravestones,
some very old and some newer. It was very peaceful and lovely,
and way across the cemetery near the fence was a beautiful tall
camellia blooming amongst the gravestones. It was beautiful!--BT
April 15, 2007
The White Crowned Sparrows have
returned. Spring is surely here.
April 1, 2007
"The moment one gives close
attention to any thing, even a blade of grass it becomes a mysterious,
awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself."
~Henry Miller~
An Annas Hummingbird visits our
feeder.
April 2, 2007
"Everyday is a new life.
Seize it. Live it."
----David Guy Powers
