Morning Glories: Green Thumb Sunday

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

17 posts categorized "Green Thumb Sunday"

The Last Rose of Summer

'Tis the last rose of summer, Left blooming all alone,
All her lovely companions are faded and gone.
No flower 'Tis the last of her kindred, No rose bud is nigh,
To reflect back her blushes, Or give sigh for sigh.

Happy Green Thumb Sunday!

Posted by Beth on October 07, 2007 | Permalink | Comments (7) | TrackBack (0)

Kissed by the Morning Sun (Alternate Version)

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Double Impatiens 'Fiesta Pink Ruffle'

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(The "original version" of Kissed by the Morning Sun is here.)

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HAVE A HAPPY.....

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Posted by Beth on September 30, 2007 | Permalink | Comments (7) | TrackBack (0)

Green Thumb Sunday - 09/23/07

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Mexican Giant Hyssop at Longwood Gardens

Medicines may be necessary.
Flowers lift the heart.
But your smile is the best restorative of all.
Pam Brown

HAPPY...
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Posted by Beth on September 23, 2007 | Permalink | Comments (6) | TrackBack (0)

Green Thumb Sunday - 09/16/07

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RIEGER BEGONIA

A flower's appeal is in its contradictions --
so delicate in form yet strong in fragrance,
so small in size yet big in beauty,
so short in life yet long on effect.
~Adabella Radici

Have a Happy...
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Posted by Beth on September 16, 2007 | Permalink | Comments (5) | TrackBack (0)

Green Thumb Sunday - 09/09/07

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'AMERICANA ROSE SPLASH' ZONAL GERANIUM

The whole world, as we experience it visually, comes to us through the mystic realm of color.
~ Hans Hofman

Have a happy...

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Posted by Beth on September 09, 2007 | Permalink | Comments (7) | TrackBack (0)

Green Thumb Sunday - 09/02/07

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Flowers... are a proud assertion
that a ray of beauty outvalues
all the utilities of the world.
~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Have a happy....

Posted by Beth on September 02, 2007 | Permalink | Comments (8) | TrackBack (0)

Green Thumb Sunday - 08/26/07

Arranging a bowl of flowers in the morning
can give a sense of quiet in a crowded day
-- like writing a poem, or saying a prayer.
Anne Morrow Lindbergh

To all, happy...

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Posted by Beth on August 26, 2007 | Permalink | Comments (4) | TrackBack (0)

Green Thumb Sunday - 08/19/08

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... everyone who is human has something to express.

Try not expressing yourself for twenty-four hours

and see what happens.

You will nearly burst.

You will want to write a long letter, or draw a picture,

or sing, or make a dress or a garden.

~ Brenda Ueland

Have a Happy....

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