In The Garden

 

 

"There is a garden in every childhood, an enchanted place where colors are brighter, the air softer, and the morning more fragrant than ever again."

---Elizabeth Lawrence

 

A dainty spiderweb near the old wheelbarrow

March 21, 2008

 

 

"All gardens are a form of autobiography."

 

----Robert Dash

 

Shy Decora Lavender

March 21, 2008

 

 

"There's nothing quite like a flourishing garden in a sea of concrete and glass."

 

----Jane G. Pepper, The City's Gardener Handbook by Linda Yang

 

 

Salmon Queen on the back patio terrace

November 28, 2007

Photo by BT

 

Salmon queen,

You are the one.

I marvel at your beauty,

Now in the fall coolness.

What is your mystery?

How do you grow to such

Heightened beauty?

A miracle of Life.

-BT

 

 

 

"As I have gardened, feeling myself in some sort of deep dialogue with an unseen and silent partner, I have come to know true inner peace."

 

----Martha Smith, Beds I Have Known, 1990

 

 

 

 

My Christmas cactus terrace

November 21, 2007

 

 

 

"Let us be grateful to people who make us happy. They are charming gardeners who make our souls blossom."

 

----Marcel Proust

 

 

Arctic Red group

November 21, 2007

 

 

"Whoever loves and understands a garden will find contentment within."

----Chinese Proverb

 

Salmon Queen

August 14, 2007

 

 

The Salmon Queen ivy geranium was one of the very first ivy geraniums which I grew. It will always be a favorite of mine.-BT Aug. 14, 2007

 

 

 

One of my terraces-----------after the rain

October 13, 2007

 

 

The Rain came, quietly drizzling.

Bestowing dew upon the parched earth.

Giving the plants sustenance

To survive the arid season.

----BT, October 15, 2007

 

"I believe that gardens themselves are very healing. To be surrounded by the exquisite beauty of nature is to experience a healing of the soul. "

- author unknown

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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