![]() ![]() ************************************************ More than anything I must have flowers, always, always, always. ~Claude Monet~ ************************************************ An advantage of amateur gardening is that it enables a person to raise beautiful flowers without having to learn how to spell their names. ************************************************ Every leaf speaks bliss to me. ~Emily Bronte~ ************************************************ A gardener's work is never at an end; it begins with the year and continues to the next. ~John Evelyn, The Gard'ners Almanac, 1664~ ************************************************ Some men say it with flowers; others try to unsay it with them. ************************************************ The rose looks fair, but fairer we it deem ..For that sweet odour which doth in it live. ~William Shakespeare~ ************************************************ The poetry of the earth is never dead. ~John Keats~ ************************************************ A garden is a thing of beauty and a job forever. ************************************************ Autumn arrives in the early morning, but spring at the close of a winter's day. ~Elizabeth Bowen~ ************************************************ We must cultivate our garden. ~Voltaire~ ************************************************ Some people are always grateful for the roses, while others always grumble at the thorns. ************************************************ Earth laughs in flowers. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson~ ************************************************ People who live in glass houses should raise flowers. ************************************************ When a sick florist goes to the hospital, what do you send them? ************************************************ Life begins the day you start a garden. ~Chinese proverb~ ************************************************ The best garden club is a hoe handle. ************************************************ A rose by any other name would cost as much. ************************************************ Every flower is a soul blossoming in Nature. ~Gerard De Nerval~ ************************************************ People who think they can run the earth should begin with a small garden. ************************************************ ![]() ![]() ![]() Sign My Guestbook, please? View My Guestbook ![]() Buttons courtesy of ![]() |