Thought for the Weekend
By the time one is eighty, it is said, there is no longer a tug of war in the garden with the May flowers hauling like mad against the claims of the other months. All is at last in balance and all...
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“Show me your garden and I shall tell you who you are.” Alfred Austin (1857-1929) Monstera adansonii, or Swiss Cheese plant
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“Conversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative” [Oscar Wilde] *laughs* so does this mean I am unimaginative when posting about the weather? Just look at the two...
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All plants are our brothers and sisters. They talk to us and if we listen, we can hear them. Arapaho proverb Angelwing Begonia ‘Brazilian Lady’ It’s foliage is beautiful, dark green with...
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The Leaf’s Lament Said the leaf to the sky,I would learn how to fly,But I’m shaking like a leaf do I dare? Said the sky to the leaf,It’s a matter of beliefJust jump into my blanket of air! Then...
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Spring is Nature’s way of saying, “Let’s party!” [Robin Williams] Phaius ‘Dan Rosenberg’ in full party colors
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But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life; and … the greater part of life is sunshine. [Thomas Jefferson]
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“A single Rose can be my garden… A single friend, my world.” [Leo Buscaglia] ‘Fairy’ rose A beautiful, easy to grow miniature rose. Thanks to my friend Kristin who shared some cuttings, this...
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“I do not know how anyone can live without some small place of enchantment to turn to.” [Cross Creek, 1942]
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The trouble with gardening is that it does not remain an avocation. It becomes an obsession. Vanda Cindy Banks ‘Hilltop’ This orchid is originally from right here in Kissimmee, Central...
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