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My Brother Has a Pair of Those

Posted on August 31, 2012

The Garden That Grows Memories “Pleasure is the flower that passes; remembrance, the lasting perfume.”                Jean de Boufflers (1738-1815) I was touring a friend’s garden the other day and in the process, learned what we really grow when we care … Continue reading →

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The United Nations of Gardening

Posted on July 20, 2012

THE THINGS THAT BIND US “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 (1912-1995) Surprisingly enough, this whole … Continue reading →

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Where have the 70′s Gone

Posted on June 8, 2012

THE DECADE OF LOOKING OUT “Not to wax nostalgic about the 1970′s, but back then people got upset when they saw injustice. They got tired of seeing our air, land and water polluted.”                           Senator John Kerry (1943 – Present)  “Any … Continue reading →

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Plants like People

Posted on May 24, 2012

MY BOTANICAL MEMORY SYSTEM “If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten years, plant trees; if in terms of 100 years, teach the people.”                                        Confucius (551-479 AD) You are looking at one … Continue reading →

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The Orange that Reminds Me

Posted on May 11, 2012

WHEN THE GRIEVING IS PAST “A man knows he is growing old because he begins to look like his father.”              Gabriel Garcia Marquez (1928-) It’s May again and I know this because the deep orange deciduous azaleas are blooming throughout … Continue reading →

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Gauguin the Gardener

Posted on April 25, 2012

A NATURAL SENSE OF COLOUR “The landscape, with its pure, intense colors, dazzled and blinded me…”                                                   Paul Gauguin (1848-1903)   “In nature colour is used…as a mechanism to attract. The Blue Trees attempts to waken a similar response from … Continue reading →

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Our Garden of Sorrows

Posted on April 13, 2012

FLOWERS OF REMEMBRANCE “Life is short, break the rules, forgive quickly, kiss slowly, love truly, laugh uncontrollably, and never regret anything that made you smile.”                    Mark Twain (1835-1910)       … Continue reading →

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The Kid With All The Questions

Posted on March 30, 2012

WHY IS IT CALLED..? “Children are remarkable for their intelligence and ardor, for their curiosity, their intolerance of shams, the clarity and ruthlessness of their vision.”                                          Aldous Huxley (1894-1963) I have to admit that any job in retail sales can … Continue reading →

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Things my Grandmother Taught Me

Posted on March 16, 2012

SOMEONE ELSE’S LIFE “Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else’s opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.”                                                          Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)                                              “Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.”                                                                            Steve … Continue reading →

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A Matter of Perspective

Posted on March 2, 2012

INCONSEQUENTIAL “Do not let trifles disturb your tranquility of mind…Life is too precious to be sacrificed for the nonessential and transient…Ignore the inconsequential.”  Grenville Kleiser     (1868-1935) When I began writing this blog about a year ago I was looking to … Continue reading →

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