Morning Glories

Seeds of Wisdom

"It is always exciting to open the door and go out into the garden for the first time on any day." Marion Cran
"When in the fresh mornings I go into my garden before anyone is awake, I go for the time being into perfect happiness." Celia Thaxter
"If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need." Cicero
"He who owns a garden, However small it be, Whose hands have planted in it Flower or bush or tree; He who watches patiently The growth from nurtured sod, Who thrills at newly opened bloom Is very close to God." Katherine Edelman
"Like a big mountain, a small garden stimulates, restores, and delights us, just as it poses challenges, promotes mastery, provides exercise and relieves monotony." Winifred Gallagher
"Though an old man I am but a young gardener." Thomas Jefferson
"A garden is never so good as it will be next year." Thomas Cooper
"Gardening is the art that uses flowers and plants as paint, and the soil and sky as canvas." Eizabeth Murray
"God made rainy days so gardeners could get the housework done." Author Unknown

More Than I Could Have Hoped or Imagined

Last year I planted a wildflower Garden on a Whim from seed around the big tree in the center of my front yard. This year, it has come back beautifully, more colorful and overflowing with flowers than I ever could have hoped. It's the epitome of the cottage garden look that I love and have been working towards in my gardens. I simply couldn't be happier with it!

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First (Ever) Siberian Iris 'White Swirl' Bloom

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Good Things to Come

A neighbor once said to me, as we were standing outside chatting in early spring, "I love this time of year because it's all ahead of us." I have come to notice and appreciate that moment in time each year when we turn the corner into the spring and summer seasons.

We're well into spring, which began on March 20, but we still have a nice stretch before summer begins on June 21. I've learned to savor anticipation in the garden, and there are lots of signs in the garden of good things to come, of what lies ahead of us. Here are a few from this glorious morning: