Plant A Garden

If you've never experienced the joy of accomplishing more than you can imagine, 

plant a garden.  

~Robert Brault~

Secret O' Life

The secret of life is enjoying the passage of time
Any fool can do it
There ain't nothing to it
Nobody knows how we got to
The top of the hill
But since we're on our way down
We might as well enjoy the ride

The secret of love is in opening up your heart
It's okay to feel afraid
But don't let that stand in your way
'cause anyone knows that love is the only road
And since we're only here for a while
Might as well show some style
Give us a smile


Isn't it a lovely ride
Sliding down
Gliding down
Try not to try too hard
It's just a lovely ride

Now the thing about time is that time
Isn't really real
It's just your point of view
How does it feel for you
Einstein said he could never understand it all
Planets spinning through space
The smile upon your face
Welcome to the human race

Some kind of lovely ride
I'll be sliding down
I'll be gliding down
Try not to try too hard
It's just a lovely ride

Isn't it a lovely ride
Sliding down
Gliding down
Try not to try too hard
It's just a lovely ride

Now the secret of life is enjoying the passage of time

 

 

~James Taylor ~

~Secret O' Life ~

Smile

Beauty is power; 

a smile is its sword.  

~Charles Reade~

Scent

Scent is the most potent and bewitching substance 

in the gardener's repertory 

and yet it is the most neglected 

and least understood. 

 The faintest waft is sometimes enough
to induce feelings of hunger or anticipation, 

or to transport you back through time and space 

to a long-forgotten moment
in your childhood. 

 It can overwhelm you in an instant 

or simply tease you, 

creeping into your consciousness slowly 

and evaporating almost the moment it it detected. 

 Each fragrance,
whether sweet or spicy, light or heavy,

 comes upon you  

in its own way 

and evokes its own 

emotional response.
~Stephen Lacey~

Mad With Joy

People from a planet without flowers would think we must be mad with joy the whole time to have such things about us.  

~Iris Murdoch~

In Between

We come from the earth,

 we return to the earth,

 and in between we garden.
~ Author Unknown~

Glory and Abundance

This special feeling towards fruit, its glory and abundance, is I would say universal.... 

We respond to strawberry fields or cherry orchards with a delight that a cabbage patch or even an elegant vegetable garden cannot provoke.  

~Jane Grigson~