On Flowers ~

"This true old rose scent, the scent that has charmed humanity from time immemorial, is assuredly the most exquisite and refreshing of all floral odors ~ Pure, transparent, incomparable ~ an odor into which we may, so to speak, burrow deeply without finding anything coarse or bitter, in which we may touch bottom without losing our sense of exquisite pleasure."
~ Louise Beebe Wilder

"The flowers are nature's jewels, with whose wealth she decks her summer beauty."
~ George Croly

"Now that the roses were in high bloom, the purple-blue delphiniums stretched to peer over the tops of picket fences."
~ Rodello Hunter

"There are strange evenings when the flowers have a soul."
~ Albert Samain

"Flowers have an expression or countenance as much as men or animals.  Some seem to smile; some have a sad expression; some are pensive and diffident; others again are plain, honest, and upright, like the broad-faced sunflower and the hollyhock."
~ Henry Ward Beecher

"Daylilies colored orchid, cream, peach make me slightly sick, and the names are awful too:  I would blush to admit I was growing Precious One, Disneyland, or Bitsy."
~ Eleanor Perenyi



Our thoughts are with our friends today.  Folks who have suffered unspeakable loss.  We are sorry. John & Lorna