Photos by BT
"Photography helps people
to see."
----Berence Abbott, US Photographer
Thor Olga
October 25, 2007
"There is something remarkably
more beautiful about flowers that you yourself have planted, and
divided and cared for, than any other flowers. It reminds one
that the creation of beauty is a happy experience."
-----Lady Bird Johnson
Stephanie
October 17, 2007
"I will honor Christmas
in my heart, and try to keep it all the year."
~Charles Dickens.
Holiday Cactus: Stephanie
October 6, 2007
"There is material enough
in a single flower for the ornament of a score of cathedrals."
----John Ruskin, Stones of Venice
Nicolas
Augusts 16, 2007
Christmas is coming
I know it is by the
Radiant blooms of the
Christmas cactus.
The message is clear....
Prepare for the glorious hour.
You may say "Why it is months
away," but
Time flows forward quickly.
Christmas is coming.
I know it is.
--BT
The time is near.
Christmas is coming,
The birth of the child.
Long ago and far-away,
We celebrate the newness
Of our world.
---BT
December 2003
Christmas Cactus: Nicolas
August 17, 2007
The neon Christmas cactus,
Thinking it is fooling nature's
cycles,
Blooms in the warmth of a mid September.
I am sure it is laughing cleverly,
as it continues
To produce its glorious blooms
In the warm and humid after-summer.
-----BT
Christmas is coming!
It has been proven to me in the
garden!
The Christmas cactus is blooming.
Is it early?
Does Christmas really only come
in December?
No, the 'Schlumbergera Stephanie'
says it is near!
Perhaps it is everyday, the spirit
of Christmas.
Christmas is coming!
The Christmas cactus is blooming!
---BT
Christmas Cactus: Thorbritta
August 17, 2007
"Where flowers bloom so
does hope."
---Lady Bird Johnson
Young Nicolas plant in pot
July 19, 2007
"I don't think we'll ever
know all there is to know about gardening, and I'm just as glad
there will always be some magic about it."
----Barbara Damrosch
Nicolas again
"Flowers are love's truest
language."
----Park Benjamin
