Forget-me-not Flowers

"I offer thee a wreath of May" ~ John Clare (1793-1864)

Mother's Day

"Life began with waking up and loving my mother's face."

~ George Eliot

Spring Rain

"Blossom by blossom the Spring begins."

~Algernon Charles Swinburne

Miracles

this photo was taken last July

Larkspur

"...live as though everything is a miracle." ~ Albert Einstein

Friday's Flower

Cosmos

"I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it." ~ Pablo Picasso

Peppermint

The peppermint leaves that are dried and stored away each year
provide me with many soothing cups of tea.

Garden Mint

"Drink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it is the axis on which the world earth revolves - slowly, evenly, without rushing toward the future."

~ Thich Nhat Hanh

Seed Pod

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

A Brand New Year!

a flower from last summer's garden

"I think in terms of the day's resolutions, not the year's."

~ Henry Moore

Seeds

"To see things in the seed, that is genius."

~ Lao Tzu

Crocus

Macro Flowers Saturday

"Hope springs eternal in the human breast"

~ Alexander Pope (1688-1744)

from "An Essay on Man"

Petunia - Pink Morn

As the White Rabbit in Alice's Adventures In Wonderland said,

"Oh my ears and whiskers, how late it's getting!"

Gotta go. There is a lot to do before our visitors arrive next month. I will be posting intermittently for a while.

Stay well and enjoy your summer.

Wildflowers and Lilacs

Several of the forest Columbines (Buttercup family) have put down roots in my garden...how fortunate for me!

They are just coming into bloom.

This Columbine was found growing at the forest's edge. The flowers are a sweet favourite of the hummingbirds.

False Solomon's-Seal (Lily) in the same area.

Fragrant lilacs.

On the knitting scene:

I have been reading Lily Chin's book Knitting *tips & tricks. In the chapter titled Fixing Mistakes, she writes: "Mistakes are inevitable. Who among us is perfect?" This is a wonderful gem, not only for knitting, but for life as well. She cautions us: "don't focus on the mistakes", "accept" them and "be gentle with yourself". Thank you Lily.

Forest Path

"Nothing is worth more than this day."
~ Goethe

Pansy

there is pansies,
that's for thoughts.
~William Shakespeare~Hamlet
(Ophelia, Act 4, Scene V)