“In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.” ~Aristotle
“Bees do have a smell, you know, and if they don’t they should, for their feet are dusted with spices from a million flowers.” ~Ray Bradbury, Dandelion Wine
{bee on rhododendron, above}
{busy bee blurred in background, above}
April Rain Song
Let the rain kiss you
Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops
Let the rain sing you a lullaby
The rain makes still pools on the sidewalk
The rain makes running pools in the gutter
The rain plays a little sleep song on our roof at night
And I love the rain.
~Langston Hughes
“People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in thin air, but to walk on earth. Every day we are engaged in a miracle which we don’t even recognize: a blue sky, white clouds, green leaves, the black, curious eyes of a child — our own two eyes. All is a miracle.” ~ Thich Nhat Hanh
Welcome to a few photos taken in my yard. I love the quotes and that gentle poem — marvelous words by marvelous people. Speaking of words, I’m loving some of the recent books I’ve read. Now that I’ve finally joined a book club I’m reading some books I never would have had I been choosing on my own. For instance, I am not normally a fan of memoirs / biographies, but I’m currently reading The Unwanted: A Memoir of Childhood
by Kien Nguyen and am actually finding it a page turner — can he ever write well. I’ll keep you posted.
by Kien Nguyen and am actually finding it a page turner — can he ever write well. I’ll keep you posted.As I asked in my last post, how does your garden grow?
What a coincidence Diane, I just posted some rain pics and the exact same poem today! Great minds think alike. :). These images are exquisite! Nice that we won’t have to water the gardens for a bit!
What a beautiful post and images, Diane.
Truly the magic of spring.
I’ve been complaining about the rain this week. Thanks for getting my perspective back on track with the Langston Hughes poem. It looks like I may have a garden by August, until then my garden is growing in my dreams.
It’s raining heavily as I read your wonderful blog and I’m happy for my garden. We’re so very far behind you it’s not funny! I adore the rich colours and beautiful shapes of your flowers and I hope to see some of mine at some point this summer! There is not much to photograph these days of that nature…Your blog is a sight for sore eyes, Diane!
My garden is wildly green and damp. I can watch it grow. If the sun would come out i’m afraid there would be a riot out there. Your pictures show the whole beautiful story of my garden, too.
Beautiful garden pics, Diane. I love the quotes you added. And that Unwanted book looks really good, too. Thanks for the recommendation.
They’re gorgeous, they look like they should be in a magazine promoting nature. I love the first one with the postcard texture. I hope you received my postcard, I sent a couple others at the same time and I know they received them but they were in the US.