“The ‘Amen’ of nature is always a flower.” ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes Does anyone else love vintage seed packets and garden catalogs? Perhaps they are simply just another one of the […]
“Outside the window, the morning air is awash with angels.” ~ Richard Wilbur Good Morning, Everyone! I know you don’t usually hear from me on Sunday’s. However, I have something […]
“If the names are unknown, knowledge of the things also perishes.” ~ Carl Linnaeus, Philosophia Botanica, 1751 Paeonia ~ Peony, Gardenia ~ Photo was taken spring, 2017. She is a […]
“Beauty reaches into the depths of our hearts to stir the feelings God placed there.” ~ Greta Crank Good morning, everyone! I hope this finds you seeing blue skies and lovely […]
“But remembering those moments, I stand still in ecstasy, inhaling through the noise of falling rain, the smell of invisible, enduring lilacs.” ~ Marcel Proust With the promise of spring soon […]
“Watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places.” ~ Roald Dahl A few years ago, I […]
“Spring drew on…and a greenness grew over those brown beds, which, freshening daily, suggested the thought that Hope traversed them at night, and left each morning brighter traces of her […]
“No occupation is so delightful to me as the culture of the earth, no culture comparable to that of the garden.” ~ Thomas Jefferson For anyone living in North Central […]
“Color is my day-long obsession, joy and torment.” ~ Claude Monet Good morning my friends, and welcome to ‘Violet’s World.’ Considering all the recent chatter about Violet, I was wondering: […]