"I will be the gladdest thing under the sun!

I will touch a hundred flowers

And not pick one."

----Edna St. Vincent Millay

 

Christmas Cactus

October 8, 2005

 

 

"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 Lawence

 

Picasso Ivy Geranium

 

 

"He who plants a garden, plants happiness."

----Chinese Proverb

 

Lavender Blizzard

 

 

"If you truly love nature, you will find beauty everywhere."

----Vincent Van Gogh

 

Pansy

 

"The beauteous pansies rise

In purple, gold, and blue,

With tints of rainbow hue

Mocking the sunset skies."

----Thomas John Ouseley

 

Red Splendor

 

"Flowers are love's truest language."

----Park Benjamin

 

 

 

 

 

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