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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

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Comments

chigiy

Beautiful photo, lovely poem.
A very nice way to end the summer.

farmingfriends

A truely beautiful rose and an excellent photograph. sara from farmingfriends

Mark

Nice but sad poem, poor old rose, still a beautiful one to go out on.

Connie

pretty! I love white roses. Nice poem, as well.

Curtis

Very pretty Rose and a sad coming to an end of the summer. But the seasons are important(I keep telling myself).

Muum

I am trying to 'hang on' to summer and those last few flowers, too. Thanks for stopping by my blog

Felicia

Love it!

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