"Gardening is about enjoying
the smell of things growing in the soil, getting dirty without
feeling guilty, and generally taking the time to soak up a little
peace and serenity."
----Lindley Karstens
Rhodendron
Ireland, June 2, 2007
Photo by Cathy
"The family is the country
of the heart."
"In the right light,
at the right time, everything is extraordinary."
-- Aaron Rose
A rhodendron in Ireland
June 3, 2007
Photo by Cathy
My daughter Cathy loves flowers also. We
had been visiting her family in Ireland in April, 2004 and I had
an opportunity to photograph some of her flowers which she grows
there in that beautiful village by the sea. We will always go
there. It is peaceful and beautiful and wonderful! Here are some
of Cathy's flowers.
rhododendrons in bloom
photo by Cathy
May, 2004
"The love of gardening is
a seed that once sown never dies."
----Gertrude Jekyll
An April blooming Christmas cactus.
"There is a garden in every
childhood, an enchanted place where colors are brighter, the air
softer, and the morning more fragrant than ever again."
----Elizabeth Lawrence
A lovely neon glow of this geranium
lights up the room.
O geraniums, and yours O foxgloves,
Springing up amidst the coppice,
That gave my childish cheeks
their rosy warmth.
---Colette, Sido, 1922
Cathy's orchids: a gift from her
husband.
"When at last I took the
time to look into the heart of a flower, it opened up a whole
new world.....as if a window had been opened to let in the sun."
----Princess Grace of Monaco
Violets in Ireland.
"Oh Wind, if winter comes,
can spring be far behind?"
---Percy Bysshe Shelley
