"Gardening is a way of showing that you believe in tomorrow."

 

----an old saying

 

 

 

 

Candy Cane Flower

a macro photograph

Photo by BT

Camera: Canon G10 Digital

 

 

 

"Flowers are sunshine, food and medicine to the soul."

 

---- Luther Burbank

 

 

Candy Cane

November 25, 2009

Photo by BT

 

 

"There was the smell of all the flowers at once, as if the earth had been unconscious all day and were now waking."

 

---Boris Pasternak, Doctor Zhivago, 1958

 

 

 

Candy Cane

August 23, 2009

Photo by BT

 

 

"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

 

 

Candy Cane ivy geranium

June 11, 2009

Photo by BT

Camera: Canon G10

 

 

 

"I believe that gardens themselves are very healing. To be surrounded by the exquisite beauty of nature is to experience a healing of the soul. "

- author unknown

 

 

 

Candy Cane

March 4, 2009

Photo by BT

 

 

 

"One of the most attractive things about flowers is their beautiful reserve."

 

----Henry David Thoreau

 

Candy Cane of the January Rain

January 24, 2009

Photo by BT

Camera: Canon G10

 

 

 

"Flowers are restful to look at. They have neither emotions nor conflicts."

--Sigmund Freud

 

 

Candy Cane

January 8, 2009

 

 

"To create a little flower is the labor of ages."

- William Blake

 

 

Candy Cane

January 5, 2009

 

 

"The Amen! of Nature is always a flower."

 

- Oliver Wendell Holmes

 

 

Candy Cane

May 22, 2008

 

 

"I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order."

---John Burroughs

 

 

 

"One of the most delightful things about a garden is the anticipation it provides. "

----W. E. Johns

 

 

 

Candy Cane ivy geranium

September 9, 2006

 

"What a pity flowers can utter no sound! A singing rose, a whispering violet, a murmuring honeysuckle, - oh, what a rare and exquisite miracle would these be!"

- Henry Ward Beecher

 

 

 

 

 

"When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden."

- Minnie Aumonier

 

 

 

"Whoever loves and understands a garden will find contentment within."

----Chinese Proverb

 

Candy Cane

December 30, 2009

 

Candy Cane

February 11, 2010

Photo by BT

 

 

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