Thought for Today

“Keep close to Nature’s heart… and break clear away, once in awhile, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean.” —John Muir

“I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority.” ~Elwyn Brooks White, Essays of E.B. White, 1977

Bloomin’ Azaleas

The azaleas are blooming in Lendonwood Gardents! The gardens are full of color and the azalea garden is spectacular. Here are a few of the photos. Enjoy!

Thought for Today

“I conceive that the land belongs to a vast family of which many are dead, few are living, and countless numbers are still unborn.” ~A Chieftan from Nigeria

Thought for Today

Until a man duplicates a blade of grass, Nature can laugh at his so-called scientific knowledge. Remedies from chemicals will never stand in favorable comparison with the products of Nature, the living cell of a plant, the final result of the rays of the sun, the mother of all life. — Thomas Alva Edison

Thought for Today

“Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect.” — Chief Seattle

The World’s Gone Crazy…

… but I’m okay. When the world seems to be going crazy around us it is important to remember that we live in the light, love and protection or God. Today I’m going to do something I don’t usually do. I’m going to talk a bit about the inspiration for and creation of one of myContinue reading “The World’s Gone Crazy…”

Thought for Today

“Plans to protect air and water, wilderness and wildlife are in fact plans to protect man.” – Stewart Udall

Thought for Today

“Everything that slows us down and forces patience, everything that sets us back into the slow circles of nature, is a help. Gardening is an instrument of grace.” — May Sarton

Thought for Today

“Today expect something good to happen to you no matter what occurred yesterday. Realize the past no longer holds you captive. It can only continue to hurt you if you hold on to it. Let the past go. A simply abundant world awaits. (January 11)” ― Sarah Ban Breathnach, Simple Abundance: A Daybook of ComfortContinue reading “Thought for Today”