"Guided by my heritage of a love of beauty and a respect for strength ~ in search of my mother's garden, I found my own."

~ Alice Walker (b.1944)  In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens, 1974.

"Give a little love to a child , and you get a great deal back."

~ John Rushkin (1819-1900) The Crown of Wild Olive,1866

        
         Happy Mother's Day !