“Little things seem nothing, but they give peace, like those meadow flowers which individually seem odorless but all together perfume the air.” ~ Georges Bernanos I found these dainty white flowers nestled in among the […]
“Our lives are but specks of dust falling through the fingers of time. Like sands of the hourglass, so are the days of our lives.” ~ Socrates
“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. […]
“I believe that if life gives you lemons, you should make lemonade… And try to find somebody whose life has given them vodka, and have a party.” ~ Ron White Or alternatively if like me […]
“The man who worries morning and night about the dandelions in the lawn will find great relief in loving the dandelions.” ~ Liberty Hyde Bailey Oh this is so true. I watch my grumpy neighbour […]
“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 […]
“But when oxidation nibbles more slowly – more delicately, like a tortoise – at the world around us, without a flame, we call it rust and we sometimes scarcely notice as it goes about its […]
“Never yet was a springtime, when the buds forgot to bloom.” ~ Margaret Elizabeth Sangster This pretty little bloom is one of many that decorates the hedgerow between my front garden and my neighbours. Every spring […]
“Nature seems to take advantage of the simple mathematical representations of the symmetry laws. When one pauses to consider the elegance and the beautiful perfection of the mathematical reasoning involved and contrast it with the […]
“The moment one gives close attention to any thing, even a blade of grass it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself.” ~ Henry Miller
