Thursday 21 October 2010

Back to my other blog ...

I'm taking a rest from this blog as I'm leaving for India, but you can always catch up with me on:

Thursday 7 October 2010

Autumn is a second spring ...

Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is in flower.
Albert Camus

Thursday 30 September 2010

It was one of those perfect ...

It was one of those perfect autumnal days which occur more
frequently in memory than in life.
P.D. James

Saturday 25 September 2010

An unhurried sense of time ...

An unhurried sense of time is in itself a form of wealth.
Lynn Johnston

Saturday 18 September 2010

Stretching his hand to reach the stars ....

Stretching his hand to reach the stars,
he forgets the flowers at his feet.
Jeremy Bentham

Monday 30 August 2010

The garden suggests ...

The garden suggests there might be a place where
we can meet nature halfway.
Michael Pollan

Thursday 19 August 2010

The fair weather gardener ...

The fair-weather gardener, who will do nothing except when the wind
and the weather and everything else are favourable,
is never master of his craft.
Henry Ellacombe

Sunday 25 July 2010

Let us be grateful ...

Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are
the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.
Marcel Proust

Thursday 15 July 2010

Great joys ....

Great joys, like griefs, are silent.
Shackerley Marmion

Monday 12 July 2010

Dreams come true

Dreams come true. Without that possibility,
nature would not incite us to have them.
John Updike

Saturday 3 July 2010

If you've never experienced ...

If you've never experienced the joy of accomplishing more
than you can imagine, plant a garden.

Saturday 26 June 2010

In nature nothing is perfect ...

In nature nothing is perfect and everything is perfect.
Alice Walker

Saturday 19 June 2010

Gardens ...

Gardens cannot be considered in detachment from the people who made them.
Derek Clifford

Thursday 17 June 2010

Saturday 12 June 2010

There is something fundamental ...

There is something fundamental to owning a garden that leaches
into every aspect of living.
Mirabel Osler

Wednesday 9 June 2010

No two gardens ...

No two gardens are the same. No two days
are the same in one garden.
Hugh Johnson

Sunday 6 June 2010

It is good to be alone ...

It is good to be alone in a garden at dawn or dark so that all
its shy presences may haunt you and possess you in a reverie
of suspended thought.
James Douglas

Tuesday 1 June 2010

What we see ...

What we see depends mainly on what we look for.

Wednesday 26 May 2010

There shall be eternal summer ...

There shall be eternal summer in the grateful heart.
Celia Thaxter

Saturday 22 May 2010

View from various resting places ....

Views from various resting places give us time to pause, look and see.
Rosemary Verey

Thursday 20 May 2010

A man sooner or later ...

A man sooner or later discovers he is master-gardener
of his soul, the director of his life.
James Allen

Wednesday 12 May 2010

Life is like a landscape

Life is like a landscape. You live in the midst of it, but can describe
it only from the vantage point of distance.
Charles Lindbergh

Sunday 9 May 2010

Hopes are planted ...

Hopes are planted in friendship's garden, where dreams
blossom into priceless treasures.
Author Unknown

Friday 7 May 2010

Plants give us oxygen ...

Plants give us oxygen for the lungs and for the soul.
Linda Solegato

Wednesday 5 May 2010

Gardening ...

Gardening is an active participation in the deepest mysteries of the universe.

Monday 3 May 2010

Fairies ...

Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to
believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?
Douglas Adams

Friday 30 April 2010

Nature is ...

Nature is wont to hide herself.
Heraclitus

Wednesday 28 April 2010

How fair is a garden ...

How fair is a garden amid the trials and passions of existence.
Benjamin Disraeli

Wednesday 14 April 2010

Thursday 8 April 2010

Great things are done ...

Great things are done when men and mountains meet.
William Blake

Sunday 4 April 2010

A garden must be looked into ...

A garden must be looked into, and dressed as the body.

Friday 2 April 2010

No winter lasts ....

No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn.
Hal Borland

Monday 29 March 2010

In his garden every man ....

In his garden every man may be his own artist without apology of
explanation. Each within his green enclosure is a creator.

Saturday 27 March 2010

Keep love in your heart

Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless
garden when the flowers are dead.

Monday 22 March 2010

It is a golden maxim to cultivate ...

It is a golden maxim to cultivate the garden for the nose,
and the eyes will take care of themselves.
Robert Louis Stevenson

Tuesday 9 March 2010

In joy or sadness ...

In joy or sadness, flowers are our constant friends.
Kozuko Okakura

Saturday 6 March 2010

I love spring anywhere ...

I love spring anywhere, but if I could choose,
I would always greet it in a garden.
Ruth Stout

Thursday 4 March 2010

Gardening is ultimately a folly ....

Gardening is ultimately a folly whose goal is to provide delight.
Deborah Needleman

Tuesday 2 March 2010

You don't have to garden ....

You don't have to garden just for yourself. You have to share it.
Augusta Carter

Saturday 27 February 2010

Gardens are ...

Gardens are a form of autobiography.
Sydney Eddison

Monday 22 February 2010

The man of leisure ....

The man of leisure looks at a garden with serenity, the man of skill
arranges it beautifully, the superior man enjoys its quintessence.
Zhong Xing

Saturday 20 February 2010

One of the most delightful .....

One of the most delightful things about a garden is
the anticipation it provides.
W.E. Johns

Wednesday 17 February 2010

Gardens are not made .....

Gardens are not made by sitting in the shade.
Rudyard Kipling

Saturday 13 February 2010

There are always flowers .....

There are always flowers for those who want to see them.
Henry Matisse

Wednesday 10 February 2010

Every garden maker should be an artist ...

Every garden maker should be an artist along his own lines. That's the
only possible way to create a garden, irrespective of size or wealth.
Vita Sackville-West

Monday 8 February 2010

A garden is evidence of faith ....

A garden is evidence of faith. It links us with all the misty figures
of the past who also planted and were nourished by the
fruits of their planting.
Gladys Taber

Saturday 6 February 2010

A garden is never as good ....

A garden is never as good as it will be next year.
Thomas Cooper

Thursday 4 February 2010

.... flowers at his feet

Stretching out his hand to catch the stars, he forgets
the flowers at his feet.
Jeremy Bentham

Monday 1 February 2010

Sunday 31 January 2010