“Endurance is one of the most difficult disciplines,
October 8, 2015
but it is to the one who endures that the final victory comes.” — Buddha * * * Season’s last hydrangea, photo by Mary O’Connor © 2015
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“Autumn…
October 5, 2015
the year’s last loveliest smile.” — William Cullen Bryant * * * Season’s signature. Photo by Mary O’Connor © 2015
“There are two ways to get enough.
October 1, 2015
One is to continue to accumulate more and more. The other is to desire less.” — G.K. Chesterton * * * Ruby-throated Hummingbird dips into the well. Photo by Jan Logozzo © 2015
“A rooster crows only when it sees the light.
September 17, 2015
Put him in the dark and he’ll never crow. I have seen the light and I’m crowing.” — Muhammad Ali * * * Oz, the rooster, crows throughout the day at Lavender Pond Farm in Killingworth, CT. Photo by Mary O’Connor © 2015
“The seeds of kindness you plant today
September 14, 2015
will bloom in the hearts of those that you touch, forever.” — Unknown * * * Great Spangled Fritillary butterfly touches down on purple coneflower. Photo by Jan Logozzo © 2015
“I love lavender—
September 10, 2015
both the color and the smell. And the sound (be quiet so you can hear it).” “There’s a few things I’ve learned in life: always throw salt over your left shoulder, keep rosemary by your garden gate, plant lavender for good luck, and fall in love whenever you can.” * * … More “I love lavender—
“The world is full of magic things,
September 3, 2015
patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.” — W.B. Yeats * * * Blossoms of Queen Anne’s Lace grace the summer field along with Black-Eyed Susans. Photo by Mary O’Connor © 2015
“We hope that, when the insects take over the world,
August 24, 2015
they will remember with gratitude how we took them along on all our picnics.” — Bill Vaughan By the way, as English satirist Craig Brown once said, “Children are perfectly happy to sit next to spiders; it is only grown-ups who are frightened away.” * * * Black and yellow Argiopes spider, and the garden … More “We hope that, when the insects take over the world,
“Elegance is the only beauty
August 20, 2015
that never fades.” — Audrey Hepburn * * * Blue Lacecap Hydrangea (macrophylla ‘Blaumeise’), photo by Mary O’Connor © 2015
Don’t wait for someone to bring you flowers.
August 13, 2015
Plant your own garden and decorate your own soul.—Unknown * * * Day lilies photo by Mary O’Connor © 2015
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