“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
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“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
“Do small things with great love.” — Mother Teresa
August 10, 2015
“Like the hummingbird sipping nectar from every flower, I fly joyfully through my days, seeing beauty in everything.” — Amethyst Wyldfyre Hummingbird on feeder photo by Mary O’Connor © 2015
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness:
July 2, 2015
only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.” — Martin Luther King, Jr. * * * Peony. Photo by Mary O’Connor © 2015
“To create a garden is to search for a better world.
June 25, 2015
In our effort to improve on nature, we are guided by a vision of paradise. Whether the result is a horticultural masterpiece or only a modest vegetable patch, it is based on the expectation of a glorious future. This hope for the future is at the heart of all gardening.” — Marina Schinz “If you … More “To create a garden is to search for a better world.
“One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living.
June 15, 2015
We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today.” — Dale Carnegie * * * “Outside my window” photo by Mary O’Connor © 2015
“The unreal is more powerful than the real,
June 8, 2015
because nothing is as perfect as you can imagine it, because it’s only intangible ideas, concepts, beliefs, fantasies that last. Stone crumbles, wood rots. People, well, they die. But things as fragile as a thought, a dream, a legend, they can go on and on.” — Chuck Palahniuk * * * Funky artificial flowers, photo … More “The unreal is more powerful than the real,
“Be soft. Do not let the world make you hard.
June 1, 2015
Do not let pain make you hate. Do not let the bitterness steal your sweetness.” — Kurt Vonnegut “When tough times come, it is particularly important to offset them with much gentle softness. Be a pillow.” — Vera Nazarian * * * Pillows of Softness – Photos by Mary O’Connor © 2015
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