"If you
would be happy all your life--plant a garden."
----Chinese Proverb
A daffodil in the
February morning sun
February 16, 2008
"Our senses
are indeed our doors and windows on this world, in a very real
sense the key to the unlocking of meaning and the wellspring of
creativity."
----Houston, Jean
Royal Dark Blue
ivy geranium
February 12, 2008
"There is probably nothing
that has such a tranquilizing effect, and leads into such content,
as gardening."
----Charles Dudley Warner
LLight
Pink ivy geranium
February 12, 2008
"Where flowers bloom so does hope."
---Lady Bird Johnson
Picasso by a wall
February 12, 2008
""Flowers
are happy things."
---P. G. Wodehouse
Happy Thought Zonal geranium
February 12, 2008
"Arranging a bowl of flowers
in the morning can give a sense of quiet in a crowded day - like
writing a poem or saying a prayer."
----Anne Morrow Lindber
gh"Arranging a bowl of flowers in the morning can
give a sense of quiet in a crowded day - like writing a poem or
saying a prayer."
----Anne Morrow
Lindbergh
Red Velvet ivy geranium
February 13, 2008
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"You can find pictures anywhere.
It's simply a matter of noticing things and organizing them. You
just have to care about what's around you............."
---Elliott Erwitt
Peppermint Candy
February 8, 2008
To make enduring photographs,
one must see with one's mind's eyes, for the heart and the mind
are the true lens of the camera.
Yousuf Karsh
SSalmon Queen
February 8, 2008
"In his garden every man
may be his own artist without apology or explanation."
"In his garden every man may be his own artist without apology
or explanation."
"In his garden
every man may be his own artist without apology or explanation."
----Louise Beebe Wilder
Decora Lavender
February 1, 2008
"Adopt the pace of nature:
her secret is patience."
----Ralph Waldo Emerson
Lavender Blizzard
February 1, 2008
"Often I hear people say,
'How do you make your plants flourish like this?.........What
is your secret?' And I answer with one word, "Love".
----Celia
Thaxter, An Island Garden, 1895
