Friday 11 November 2011

Dreams ...

Dreams are the touchstone of our character.
Henry David Thoreau

Wednesday 9 November 2011

Clean out a corner of your mind ....

Clean out a corner of your mind and creativity will instantly fill it.
Dee Hock

Wednesday 27 July 2011

A circle is the reflection of eternity

A circle is the reflection of eternity.
Maynard James Keenan

Tuesday 19 July 2011

You have to do your own growing ...

You have to do your own growing, however tall 
your grandfather was.
Abraham Lincoln

Friday 8 July 2011

He that plants a tree ...

He that plants a tree loves others besides himself.
Thomas Fuller

Tuesday 7 June 2011

Nature ...

Nature is the only book that offers rich content on every page.
Johann von Wolfgang Goethe 

Sunday 29 May 2011

Friendship is like a rose ...

True friendship is like a rose; 
We don't realise its beauty until it fades.
Evelyn Loeb

Saturday 28 May 2011

... Seeing is believing ...

Old-fashioned Green Rose at Mable Ringling's Rose Garden, Florida
You must understand that seeing is believing, but also know 
that believing is seeing.
Dennis Waitley

Monday 23 May 2011

Plants give us oxygen ...

Plants give us oxygen for the lungs and the soul.
Linda Solegato

Sunday 15 May 2011

Just living is not enough

Living is not enough. One must have sunshine, freedom 
and a little flower.
Hans Christian Anderson

Wednesday 11 May 2011

Where flowers bloom ...

Where flowers bloom, so does hope.
Lady Bird Johnson

Saturday 30 April 2011

Water ...

We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.
Thomas Fuller

Thursday 28 April 2011

Every spring ...

Every spring is the only spring - a perpetual astonishment.
Ellis Peters

Saturday 23 April 2011

Light ...

When my heart is heavy, the sun helps make it light.

Wednesday 20 April 2011

More magic in my garden!

Every time I open my eyes at this time of year, there's more 
magic in my garden!

Monday 18 April 2011

The universe ...

The universe is a continuous web. 
Touch it at any point and it quivers.
Stanley Kunitz

Tuesday 12 April 2011

April is a promise ..

April is a promise that May is bound to keep.
Hal Borland

Friday 8 April 2011

Light within ...

When you possess light within, you see it externally.
Anais Nin

Monday 4 April 2011

Bird of paradise ...

The bird of paradise alights only upon the hand that does not grasp.
John Berry

Thursday 31 March 2011

I go to nature ...

I go to nature to be soothed and healed and to have my senses 
put in order.
John Burroughs

Wednesday 30 March 2011

Beauty of the flower

By plucking her petals, you do not gather the beauty of the flower.

Saturday 26 March 2011

Courage ...

Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the voice at the end of the day saying, "I will try again tomorrow".
Mary Anne Radmacher

Saturday 19 March 2011

Tuesday 15 March 2011

Happiness ....

Happiness depends upon ourselves.
Aristotle

Sunday 13 March 2011

Turn your face to the sun

Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you.
Maori Proverb

Friday 11 March 2011

The first day of spring ...

The first day of spring is one thing, and the first 
spring day is another.
Henry van Dyke

Thursday 10 March 2011

No matter how long the winter ...

No matter how long the winter, spring is sure to follow.

Saturday 5 March 2011

I love spring anywhere ...

I love spring anywhere, but if I could choose I would always 
greet it in a garden.

Thursday 3 March 2011

We never know the worth of water ...

We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.
Thomas Fuller

Wednesday 2 March 2011

The most important trip ....

The most important trip you may take in a life is 
meeting people half way.
John Ruskin

Tuesday 1 March 2011

Flowers seem intended ....

Flowers seem intended for the solace of ordinary humanity.
John Ruskin

Wednesday 23 February 2011

Tuesday 15 February 2011

I fly because ....

I fly because it releases my mind from the tyranny of petty things.
Antione de Saint Exupery

Friday 11 February 2011

A bird does not sing ...

A bird does not sing because it has the answer. It sings 
because it has a song.
Chinese Proberb

Wednesday 2 February 2011

Strength ...

Strength lies in differences, not in similarities.
Stephen Covey

Tuesday 1 February 2011

From the bottom of my heart ...

I saw this tiger in captivity yesterday - part of a performing act, which I couldn't bear to watch. Why do we allow this? 

Sunday 30 January 2011

We all live under the same sky ...

We all live under the same sky, but we don't all have 
the same horizon.
Konrad Adenauer

Saturday 29 January 2011

The world is full of cactus ...

The world is full of cactus, but you don't have to sit on it.
Will Foley

Thursday 27 January 2011

Tuesday 25 January 2011

Flowers really do intoxicate me

Flowers really do intoxicate me.
Vita Sackville-West

Monday 24 January 2011

Each flower is a soul ...

Each flower is a soul blossoming out to nature.
Gerald de Nerval

Friday 21 January 2011

The colour of springtime ...

The colour of springtime is in the flowers; the colour of winter 
is in the imagination.
Terri Guillemets

Thursday 20 January 2011

One kind word ...

One kind word can warm three winter months
Japanese Proverb

Wednesday 19 January 2011

Many things grow in the garden ...

Many things grow in the garden that were never sewn there.
Thomas Fuller

Monday 17 January 2011

No matter how long the winter ...

No matter how long the winter, spring is sure to follow.
Proverb

Saturday 15 January 2011

Adopt the pace of nature ...

Adopt the pace of nature; her secret is patience.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Friday 14 January 2011

Reality ...

Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.
John Lennon

Wednesday 12 January 2011

Perfection is achieved ...

Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
Antoine de Saint Exupery

Tuesday 11 January 2011

In the right light ...

In the right light, at the right time, everything is extraordinary.
Aaron Rose