"A man travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home to find it."
- george moore
"There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort."
- jane austen
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
- henry james, the portrait of a lady, 1880
"The best place to find God is in a garden."
- george bernard shaw
"If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need."
- cicero
"The earth laughs in flowers."
- ralph waldo emerson
"One of the most delightful things about a garden is the anticipation it provides."
- w.e. johns
"Anne blew a couple of airy kisses from her fingertips past the cherry blossoms and then, with her chin in her hands, drifted luxuriously out on a sea of daydreams."
- l.m. montgomery, anne of green gables, 1908
“If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.”
- henry david thoreau
"The first wild-flower of the year is like land after sea."
- thomas wentworth higginson, 1861
Until next time,
Ann
photo: Nur Yilmaz