Day 187 – Stately bells
“The foxglove, with it’s stately bells Of purple, shall adorn thy dells.” – D. M. Moir Not purple I grant you but white bells spotted with purple and looking beautiful in my garden this year. […]
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“The foxglove, with it’s stately bells Of purple, shall adorn thy dells.” – D. M. Moir Not purple I grant you but white bells spotted with purple and looking beautiful in my garden this year. […]
“The very pink of perfection.” ~ Oliver Goldsmith This is a Tamerisk which is growing in my front garden. It is wild and unruly like most of my garden and puts on the most beautiful […]
It was June, and the world smelled of roses. The sunshine was like powdered gold over the grassy hillside. ~Maud Hart Lovelace
“Love planted a rose, and the world turned sweet.” ~ Katharine Lee Bates
“Heap above the mountain tomb, Scarlet eucalyptus bloom, Wreath of starry clematis, Visited by Artemis; Bluebell garlands, hither bear- All the flowers, she loved to wear.” ~ Samuel Williamson
“Owl was telling Kanga an Interesting Anecdote full of long words like Encyclopædia and Rhododendron to which Kanga wasn’t listening.” ~ A. A. Milne
“What is one to say about June, the time of perfect young summer, the fulfillment of the promise of the earlier months, and with as yet no sign to remind one that its fresh young […]
“Flowers don’t worry about how they’re going to bloom. They just open up and turn toward the light and that makes them beautiful.” ~ Jim Carrey I wish I could say this was my garden […]
“The rain begins with a single drop.” ~ Manal al-Sharif And sometimes when it ends it leaves behind a few droplets of itself shimmering in the light. This is wild garlic flowers that are just […]
“They dined on mince, and slices of quince, Which they ate with a runcible spoon; And hand in hand, on the edge of the sand, They danced by the light of the moon.” ~ Edward […]