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The Seedling
As a quiet little seedling
Lay within its darksome bed,
To itself it fell a-talking,
And this is what it said:
“I am not so very robust,
But I’ll do the best I can”;
And the seedling from that moment
Its work of life began.
So it pushed a little leaflet
Up into the light of day,
To examine the surroundings
And show the rest the way.
The leaflet liked the prospect,
So it called its brother, Stem;
Then two other leaflets heard it,
And quickly followed them.
To be sure, the haste and hurry
Made the seedling sweat and pant;
But almost before it knew it
It found itself a plant.
The sunshine poured upon it,
And the clouds they gave a shower;
And the little plant kept growing
Till it found itself a flower.
Little folks, be like the seedling,
Always do the best you can;
Every child must share life’s labor
Just as well as every man.
And the sun and showers will help you
Through the lonesome, struggling hours,
Till you raise to light and beauty
Virtue’s fair, unfading flowers.
By Laurence Dunbar
Paul Laurence Dunbar was born on 27 June 1872 in Dayton, Ohio, United States of America. He was married on 6 March 1898 to Alice Ruth Moore. He became an elevator operator, a poet, a novelist, and a short story writer. He had twelve books published, including his poetry, collected in “Oak and Ivy” (1893) and “Lyrics of a Lowly Life” (1896). Paul Laurence Dunbar passed on at 33 years of age on 9 February 1906 in Dayton, Ohio, United States of America and rests in Woodland Cemetery in Dayton, Ohio, United States of America.
As a quiet little seedling
Lay within its darksome bed,
To itself it fell a-talking,
And this is what it said:
“I am not so very robust,
But I’ll do the best I can”;
And the seedling from that moment
Its work of life began.
So it pushed a little leaflet
Up into the light of day,
To examine the surroundings
And show the rest the way.
The leaflet liked the prospect,
So it called its brother, Stem;
Then two other leaflets heard it,
And quickly followed them.
To be sure, the haste and hurry
Made the seedling sweat and pant;
But almost before it knew it
It found itself a plant.
The sunshine poured upon it,
And the clouds they gave a shower;
And the little plant kept growing
Till it found itself a flower.
Little folks, be like the seedling,
Always do the best you can;
Every child must share life’s labor
Just as well as every man.
And the sun and showers will help you
Through the lonesome, struggling hours,
Till you raise to light and beauty
Virtue’s fair, unfading flowers.
By Laurence Dunbar
Paul Laurence Dunbar was born on 27 June 1872 in Dayton, Ohio, United States of America. He was married on 6 March 1898 to Alice Ruth Moore. He became an elevator operator, a poet, a novelist, and a short story writer. He had twelve books published, including his poetry, collected in “Oak and Ivy” (1893) and “Lyrics of a Lowly Life” (1896). Paul Laurence Dunbar passed on at 33 years of age on 9 February 1906 in Dayton, Ohio, United States of America and rests in Woodland Cemetery in Dayton, Ohio, United States of America.
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Sunflower
Sunflower, sunflower,
Standing straight and tall,
Sunflower, sunflower,
You’re the tallest flower of all!
Sunflower, sunflower,
When your seeds fall to the ground,
Sunflower, sunflower,
By the squirrels they’ll be found!
By Author Unknown
Sunflower, sunflower,
Standing straight and tall,
Sunflower, sunflower,
You’re the tallest flower of all!
Sunflower, sunflower,
When your seeds fall to the ground,
Sunflower, sunflower,
By the squirrels they’ll be found!
By Author Unknown
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Daisies
At evening when I go to bed
I see the stars shine overhead;
They are the little daisies white
That dot the meadow of the Night.
And often while I’m dreaming so,
Across the sky the Moon will go;
It is a lady, sweet and fair,
Who comes to gather daisies there.
For, when at morning I arise,
There’s not a star left in the skies;
She’s picked them all and dropped them down
Into the meadows of the town.
By Frank Dempster Sherman
Frank Dempster Sherman, also known by the pseudonym Felix Carmen, was born on 6 May 1860 in Peekskill, New York, United States of America. He became a teacher and a poet. Frank Dempster Sherman passed on at 56 years of age on 19 September 1916 in New York City, New York, United States of America.
At evening when I go to bed
I see the stars shine overhead;
They are the little daisies white
That dot the meadow of the Night.
And often while I’m dreaming so,
Across the sky the Moon will go;
It is a lady, sweet and fair,
Who comes to gather daisies there.
For, when at morning I arise,
There’s not a star left in the skies;
She’s picked them all and dropped them down
Into the meadows of the town.
By Frank Dempster Sherman
Frank Dempster Sherman, also known by the pseudonym Felix Carmen, was born on 6 May 1860 in Peekskill, New York, United States of America. He became a teacher and a poet. Frank Dempster Sherman passed on at 56 years of age on 19 September 1916 in New York City, New York, United States of America.
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Pumpkin Poem
One day I found two pumpkin seeds.
I planted one and pulled the weeds.
It sprouted roots and a big, long vine.
A pumpkin grew; I called it mine.
The pumpkin was quite round and fat.
(I really am quite proud of that.)
But there is something I’ll admit
That has worried me just a bit.
I ate the other seed, you see.
Now will it grow inside of me?
(I’m so relieved since I have found
That pumpkins only grow in the ground!)
By Author Unknown
One day I found two pumpkin seeds.
I planted one and pulled the weeds.
It sprouted roots and a big, long vine.
A pumpkin grew; I called it mine.
The pumpkin was quite round and fat.
(I really am quite proud of that.)
But there is something I’ll admit
That has worried me just a bit.
I ate the other seed, you see.
Now will it grow inside of me?
(I’m so relieved since I have found
That pumpkins only grow in the ground!)
By Author Unknown
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Dandelion Wishes
First, I make a wish,
Then I blow real hard,
And the little dandelions
Blow all over the yard,
And I wait and I hope,
For my wishes to come true,
Guess there’s only so much,
A dandelion can do.
By Author Unknown
First, I make a wish,
Then I blow real hard,
And the little dandelions
Blow all over the yard,
And I wait and I hope,
For my wishes to come true,
Guess there’s only so much,
A dandelion can do.
By Author Unknown
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“Growing your own food is like printing your own money.” -Ron Finley (2013)
Continue scrolling down this website page to read the rest of the article, or click or tap on these words to read “Fun and Learning about Money” gathered by David Hugh Beaumont.
I’m a Gardener
I’m a gardener and I’m okay;
I sleep all night and I plant all day!
I dress in grubby clothing,
And hang around with slugs.
Oh, I’m happy in the garden,
With dirt and plants and bugs!
By Author Unknown: can be sung to the same tune as that of Monty Python’s “I’m a Lumberjack” (14 December 1969)
“Our vegetable garden is coming along well, with radishes and beans up, and we are less worried about revolution than we used to be.” -E. B. White (Elwyn Brooks White (1899 - 1985))
Rosemary: Do you know about the woman who planted an herb garden?
Cinnamon: Yes, I heard she is having the thyme of her life!
The very first secret to having a great garden is the soil, not the plants. Mix into the soil large amounts of organic materials, such as leaves, grass clippings, broken up or chopped up twigs, and kitchen waste to nourish the plants.
“Gardening takes a plot of land a hoe and willing muscles. Scratching the soil, harvesting garden fruits are peaceful results. With a garden there is hope.” -Grace Firth
Continue scrolling down this website page to read the rest of the article, or click or tap on these words to read “Humor and Inspiration and Learning about Hopes And Dreams” gathered by David Hugh Beaumont.
“I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries, and very frankly give them fruit for their songs.” -Joseph Addison (1672 - 1719): as quoted in “The Spectator” (1711 - 1714), Number 477 (6 September 1712)
“True gardeners never cease to garden, not even in their sleep, because gardening is not just something they do. It is how they live.” -Vigen Guroian (born 1948)
Continue scrolling down this website page to read the rest of the article, or click or tap on these words to read Sleep And Sleeping Gathered By David Hugh Beaumont.
“All gardeners live in beautiful places because they make them so.” -Joseph Joubert (1754 - 1824), as quoted in Paul Auster, translator: “The Notebooks of Joseph Joubert” (1883)
“God made rainy days so gardeners could get the housework done.” -Author Unknown
Continue scrolling down this website page to read the rest of the article, or click or tap on these words to read “Fun And Learning About Housekeeping And Housecleaning” Gathered By David Hugh Beaumont.
Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary
Mary, Mary, quite contrary,
How does your garden grow?
With silver bells and cockle-shells,
And pretty maids all of a row.
By Author Unknown
Garden Types
- Backyard garden
- Community garden
- English garden
- Flower garden
- Herb garden
- Rose garden
- Salad garden
- Tea garden
- Vegetable garden
- Wildflower garden
What type of garden would you like to have?
“In the Spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt.” -Margaret Atwood (Margaret Eleanor Atwood (born 1939))
Cam: If a gardener has a green thumb, who has a purple thumb?
Mack: A carpenter with a hammer.
Continue scrolling down this website page to read the rest of the article, or click or tap on these words to read “Fun and Learning about Employment and Work” gathered by David Hugh Beaumont.
“The greatest gift of the garden is the restoration of the five senses.” -Hanna Rion
Signs of Gardening
- Watch Out For Snap Dragons!
- Cultivate Lasting Friendships In A Garden
- Do Not Let The Little Things Bug You!
- Free Weeds - Pick Your Own
- Gardeners Have The Best Dirt
- Grow Happy In A Garden
- How’s It Growing?
- So Many Weeds . . . So Little Thyme
- Sow Seeds Of Kindness
“I have never had so many good ideas day after day as when I work in the garden.” -John Erskine
Continue scrolling down this website page to read the rest of the article, or click or tap on these words to read “Fun and Learning about Minds and Thinking” gathered by David Hugh Beaumont.
“A garden is always a series of losses set against a few triumphs, like life itself.” -May Sarton (pseudonym of Eleanore Marie Sarton (1912 - 1995))
“There’s little risk in becoming overly proud of one’s garden, because by its very nature, it is humbling. It has a way of keeping you on your knees.” -JoAnn Barwick
“There are no gardening mistakes, only experiments.” -Janet Kilburn Phillips
Continue scrolling down this website page to read the rest of the article, or click or tap on these words to read Mistakes And Errors Gathered By David Hugh Beaumont.
“When weeding, the best way to make sure you are removing a weed and not a valuable plant is to pull on it. If it comes out of the ground easily, it is a valuable plant.” -Author Unknown
Knock, Knock!
Who’s there?
Lettuce.
Lettuce, who?
Lettuce in, it’s freezing out here!
Continue scrolling down this website page to read the rest of the article, or click or tap on these words to read “Fun and Learning about Knock-Knock Jokes” gathered by David Hugh Beaumont.
“Every garden may have some weeds.” -Author Unknown: English proverb
Fern: What do you call an avid gardener?
Rose: Herb.
“Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.” -Marcel Proust (1871 - 1922)
Lou: How do you get a dog to stop digging in the garden?
Lulu: Take away his shovel!
Continue scrolling down this website page to read the rest of the article, or click or tap on these words to read “Humor And Inspiration And Learning About Domestic Dogs” Gathered By David Hugh Beaumont.
And when your back stops aching and your hands begin to harden,
You will find yourself a partner in the Glory of the Garden.
-Rudyard Kipling (Joseph Rudyard Kipling (1865 - 1936)): “The Glory of the Garden” (1923)
Have you ever considered giving someone seeds or a tree or other plant as a gift?
“Plant the garden of your life with friendship’s lovely flowers.” -Author Unknown
Continue scrolling down this website page to read the rest of the article, or click or tap on these words to read Friendships And Friends Gathered By David Hugh Beaumont.
Gardener’s Palindrome: Mr. Owl ate my metal worm. (A palindrome is a word or phrase that reads the same both forward and backward.)
Broccoli and cauliflower are flowers and vegetables for dinner plates as well.
Whether you need wild flower bulbs to grow flowers around your front door, tomato seeds for your container vegetable garden, Gala apple tree seedlings for your side yard or orchard, ladybugs for natural pest control, or any of many different varieties of plants and gardening supplies, visit www.Gurneys.com.
Continue scrolling down this website page to read the rest of the article, or click or tap on these words to read “Fun and Learning about Money” gathered by David Hugh Beaumont.
I’m a Gardener
I’m a gardener and I’m okay;
I sleep all night and I plant all day!
I dress in grubby clothing,
And hang around with slugs.
Oh, I’m happy in the garden,
With dirt and plants and bugs!
By Author Unknown: can be sung to the same tune as that of Monty Python’s “I’m a Lumberjack” (14 December 1969)
“Our vegetable garden is coming along well, with radishes and beans up, and we are less worried about revolution than we used to be.” -E. B. White (Elwyn Brooks White (1899 - 1985))
Rosemary: Do you know about the woman who planted an herb garden?
Cinnamon: Yes, I heard she is having the thyme of her life!
The very first secret to having a great garden is the soil, not the plants. Mix into the soil large amounts of organic materials, such as leaves, grass clippings, broken up or chopped up twigs, and kitchen waste to nourish the plants.
“Gardening takes a plot of land a hoe and willing muscles. Scratching the soil, harvesting garden fruits are peaceful results. With a garden there is hope.” -Grace Firth
Continue scrolling down this website page to read the rest of the article, or click or tap on these words to read “Humor and Inspiration and Learning about Hopes And Dreams” gathered by David Hugh Beaumont.
“I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries, and very frankly give them fruit for their songs.” -Joseph Addison (1672 - 1719): as quoted in “The Spectator” (1711 - 1714), Number 477 (6 September 1712)
“True gardeners never cease to garden, not even in their sleep, because gardening is not just something they do. It is how they live.” -Vigen Guroian (born 1948)
Continue scrolling down this website page to read the rest of the article, or click or tap on these words to read Sleep And Sleeping Gathered By David Hugh Beaumont.
“All gardeners live in beautiful places because they make them so.” -Joseph Joubert (1754 - 1824), as quoted in Paul Auster, translator: “The Notebooks of Joseph Joubert” (1883)
“God made rainy days so gardeners could get the housework done.” -Author Unknown
Continue scrolling down this website page to read the rest of the article, or click or tap on these words to read “Fun And Learning About Housekeeping And Housecleaning” Gathered By David Hugh Beaumont.
Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary
Mary, Mary, quite contrary,
How does your garden grow?
With silver bells and cockle-shells,
And pretty maids all of a row.
By Author Unknown
Garden Types
- Backyard garden
- Community garden
- English garden
- Flower garden
- Herb garden
- Rose garden
- Salad garden
- Tea garden
- Vegetable garden
- Wildflower garden
What type of garden would you like to have?
“In the Spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt.” -Margaret Atwood (Margaret Eleanor Atwood (born 1939))
Cam: If a gardener has a green thumb, who has a purple thumb?
Mack: A carpenter with a hammer.
Continue scrolling down this website page to read the rest of the article, or click or tap on these words to read “Fun and Learning about Employment and Work” gathered by David Hugh Beaumont.
“The greatest gift of the garden is the restoration of the five senses.” -Hanna Rion
Signs of Gardening
- Watch Out For Snap Dragons!
- Cultivate Lasting Friendships In A Garden
- Do Not Let The Little Things Bug You!
- Free Weeds - Pick Your Own
- Gardeners Have The Best Dirt
- Grow Happy In A Garden
- How’s It Growing?
- So Many Weeds . . . So Little Thyme
- Sow Seeds Of Kindness
“I have never had so many good ideas day after day as when I work in the garden.” -John Erskine
Continue scrolling down this website page to read the rest of the article, or click or tap on these words to read “Fun and Learning about Minds and Thinking” gathered by David Hugh Beaumont.
“A garden is always a series of losses set against a few triumphs, like life itself.” -May Sarton (pseudonym of Eleanore Marie Sarton (1912 - 1995))
“There’s little risk in becoming overly proud of one’s garden, because by its very nature, it is humbling. It has a way of keeping you on your knees.” -JoAnn Barwick
“There are no gardening mistakes, only experiments.” -Janet Kilburn Phillips
Continue scrolling down this website page to read the rest of the article, or click or tap on these words to read Mistakes And Errors Gathered By David Hugh Beaumont.
“When weeding, the best way to make sure you are removing a weed and not a valuable plant is to pull on it. If it comes out of the ground easily, it is a valuable plant.” -Author Unknown
Knock, Knock!
Who’s there?
Lettuce.
Lettuce, who?
Lettuce in, it’s freezing out here!
Continue scrolling down this website page to read the rest of the article, or click or tap on these words to read “Fun and Learning about Knock-Knock Jokes” gathered by David Hugh Beaumont.
“Every garden may have some weeds.” -Author Unknown: English proverb
Fern: What do you call an avid gardener?
Rose: Herb.
“Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.” -Marcel Proust (1871 - 1922)
Lou: How do you get a dog to stop digging in the garden?
Lulu: Take away his shovel!
Continue scrolling down this website page to read the rest of the article, or click or tap on these words to read “Humor And Inspiration And Learning About Domestic Dogs” Gathered By David Hugh Beaumont.
And when your back stops aching and your hands begin to harden,
You will find yourself a partner in the Glory of the Garden.
-Rudyard Kipling (Joseph Rudyard Kipling (1865 - 1936)): “The Glory of the Garden” (1923)
Have you ever considered giving someone seeds or a tree or other plant as a gift?
“Plant the garden of your life with friendship’s lovely flowers.” -Author Unknown
Continue scrolling down this website page to read the rest of the article, or click or tap on these words to read Friendships And Friends Gathered By David Hugh Beaumont.
Gardener’s Palindrome: Mr. Owl ate my metal worm. (A palindrome is a word or phrase that reads the same both forward and backward.)
Broccoli and cauliflower are flowers and vegetables for dinner plates as well.
Whether you need wild flower bulbs to grow flowers around your front door, tomato seeds for your container vegetable garden, Gala apple tree seedlings for your side yard or orchard, ladybugs for natural pest control, or any of many different varieties of plants and gardening supplies, visit www.Gurneys.com.
“Yup, gardening and laughing are two of the best things in life you can do to promote good health and a sense of well-being.” -David Hobson (David M. Hobson): “Diary of a Mad Gardener” (2000)
“Gardening adds years to your life and life to your years.” -Author Unknown
“Gardening adds years to your life and life to your years.” -Author Unknown
Garden Of Love
Cabbage always has a heart;
Green beans string along.
You’re such a Tomato,
Will you Peas to me belong?
You’ve been the Apple of my eye,
You know how much I care;
So Lettuce get together,
We’d make a perfect Pear.
Now, something’s sure to Turnip,
To prove you can’t be Beet;
So, if you Carrot all for me
Let’s let our Tulips meet.
Don’t Squash my hopes and dreams now,
Bee my Honey, dear;
Or tears will fill Potato’s eyes,
While Sweet Corn lends an ear.
I’ll Cauliflower shop and say
Your dreams are Parsley mine.
I’ll work and share my Celery,
So be my Valentine.
By Author Unknown: a gardener’s Valentine
Continue scrolling down this website page to read the rest of the article, or click or tap on these words to read “Fun and Learning about Valentine’s Day” gathered by David Hugh Beaumont.
Cabbage always has a heart;
Green beans string along.
You’re such a Tomato,
Will you Peas to me belong?
You’ve been the Apple of my eye,
You know how much I care;
So Lettuce get together,
We’d make a perfect Pear.
Now, something’s sure to Turnip,
To prove you can’t be Beet;
So, if you Carrot all for me
Let’s let our Tulips meet.
Don’t Squash my hopes and dreams now,
Bee my Honey, dear;
Or tears will fill Potato’s eyes,
While Sweet Corn lends an ear.
I’ll Cauliflower shop and say
Your dreams are Parsley mine.
I’ll work and share my Celery,
So be my Valentine.
By Author Unknown: a gardener’s Valentine
Continue scrolling down this website page to read the rest of the article, or click or tap on these words to read “Fun and Learning about Valentine’s Day” gathered by David Hugh Beaumont.
“If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden.” -Frances Hodgson Burnett (Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett (1849 - 1924)): “The Secret Garden” (1911)
“When all the chores are done, the avid gardener will invent new ones.” -Author Unknown
Continue scrolling down this website page to read the rest of the article, or click or tap on these words to read “Humor And Inspiration And Learning About Creativity And Innovation” Gathered By David Hugh Beaumont.
What are weeds good for? Pull them up with their roots, before they have grown flowers or seeds, let them dry in the sun, chop them up, and mix them with soil to provide nutrients for the non-weed plants.
“What a man needs in gardening is a cast-iron back, with a hinge in it.” -Charles Dudley Warner (1829 - 1900): “My Summer in a Garden” (1870), ‘Third Week’
Continue scrolling down this website page to read the rest of the article, or click or tap on these words to read “Humor And Inspiration And Learning About Anatomy And Physiology” Gathered By David Hugh Beaumont.
“Gardening: A person’s efforts to improve their lot.” -Author Unknown
“Weather means more when you have a garden. There’s nothing like listening to a shower and thinking how it is soaking in around your green beans.” -Marcelene Cox
Continue scrolling down this website page to read the rest of the article, or click or tap on these words to read “Fun and Learning about Weather and Climates” gathered by David Hugh Beaumont.
“In order to live off a garden you practically have to live in it.” -Frank McKinney Hubbard (Frank McKinney ‘Kin’ Hubbard (1868 - 1930))
Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary
Mary, Mary quite contrary,
How has your garden thrived?
With fertilizers and chemicals?
Or is it genetically modified?
By Paul Curtis
Continue scrolling down this website page to read the rest of the article, or click or tap on these words to read “Fun and Learning about Environmentalism and Animal Rights” gathered by David Hugh Beaumont.
Formula for a garden: Dirt + Seeds + Water + Sun = Weeds.
“When all the chores are done, the avid gardener will invent new ones.” -Author Unknown
Continue scrolling down this website page to read the rest of the article, or click or tap on these words to read “Humor And Inspiration And Learning About Creativity And Innovation” Gathered By David Hugh Beaumont.
What are weeds good for? Pull them up with their roots, before they have grown flowers or seeds, let them dry in the sun, chop them up, and mix them with soil to provide nutrients for the non-weed plants.
“What a man needs in gardening is a cast-iron back, with a hinge in it.” -Charles Dudley Warner (1829 - 1900): “My Summer in a Garden” (1870), ‘Third Week’
Continue scrolling down this website page to read the rest of the article, or click or tap on these words to read “Humor And Inspiration And Learning About Anatomy And Physiology” Gathered By David Hugh Beaumont.
“Gardening: A person’s efforts to improve their lot.” -Author Unknown
“Weather means more when you have a garden. There’s nothing like listening to a shower and thinking how it is soaking in around your green beans.” -Marcelene Cox
Continue scrolling down this website page to read the rest of the article, or click or tap on these words to read “Fun and Learning about Weather and Climates” gathered by David Hugh Beaumont.
“In order to live off a garden you practically have to live in it.” -Frank McKinney Hubbard (Frank McKinney ‘Kin’ Hubbard (1868 - 1930))
Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary
Mary, Mary quite contrary,
How has your garden thrived?
With fertilizers and chemicals?
Or is it genetically modified?
By Paul Curtis
Continue scrolling down this website page to read the rest of the article, or click or tap on these words to read “Fun and Learning about Environmentalism and Animal Rights” gathered by David Hugh Beaumont.
Formula for a garden: Dirt + Seeds + Water + Sun = Weeds.
God’s Garden
The Lord God planted a garden
In the first white days of the world
And He set there an angel warden
In a garment of light enfurled.
The kiss of the Sun for pardon
The song of the bird for mirth
One is nearer God’s heart in a garden
Than anywhere else on Earth.
By Dorothy Frances Gurney (Dorothy Frances Blomfield Gurney (1858 - 1932)): “Poems” (1913)
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The Lord God planted a garden
In the first white days of the world
And He set there an angel warden
In a garment of light enfurled.
The kiss of the Sun for pardon
The song of the bird for mirth
One is nearer God’s heart in a garden
Than anywhere else on Earth.
By Dorothy Frances Gurney (Dorothy Frances Blomfield Gurney (1858 - 1932)): “Poems” (1913)
Continue scrolling down this website page to read the rest of the article, or click or tap on these words to read Prayers And Spiritual Affirmations Gathered By David Hugh Beaumont.
Knock, knock.
Who’s there?
Gruesome.
Gruesome, who?
Gruesome tomatoes in my garden - would you care for some?
“The philosopher who said that work well done never needs doing over never weeded a garden.” -Ray D. Everson (Raymond D. ‘Ray’ Everson (1884 - 1960))
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Barney: What kind of jokes do gardeners tell?
Bernard: Corny ones!
“All the flowers and fruit of tomorrow are in the seeds of today.” -Author Unknown
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I have a little garden, I scratch it with a hoe
I happily plant the seeds and happily watch them grow.
-Author Unknown
Kelly: Why do melons have fancy weddings?
Nellie: Because they ‘cantaloupe.’
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“No Garden is without its Weeds.” -Thomas Fuller (1654 - 1734): “Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs” (1732), number 3576
“Half the interest of a garden is the constant exercise of the imagination.” -Alice Morse Earle (1851 - 1911)
“Nature soon takes over if the gardener is absent.” -Penelope Hobhouse (born 1929 as Penelope Chichester-Clark)
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Holly: Who says, “Hoe, hoe, hoe!”
Ivy: A gardener laughing at your jokes.
“Your first job is to prepare the soil. The best tool for this is your neighbor’s motorized garden tiller. If your neighbor does not own a garden tiller, suggest that he buy one.” -Dave Barry (David McAlister Barry (born 1947))
“Gardening: A leisure activity that is much activity and little leisure.” -Author Unknown
“If you need five tools to solve a problem in the garden, four of them will be easy to find.” -Mike Garofalo (Michael Peter Garofalo (born 1946)): “Pulling Onions” (May 2007)
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“No occupation is so delightful to me as the culture of the earth, no culture comparable to that of the garden . . . But though an old man, I am but a young gardener.” -Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826): “Garden Book” (1811)
“To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow.” -Audrey Hepburn (1929 -1993)
“God Almighty first planted a garden.” -Francis Bacon (1561- 1626): “Essays” (1625), ‘Of Gardens’
Inch by inch and row by row,
I’m gonna make this garden grow.
-Author Unknown
For an Australian project named ‘The Congruent Garden: An Investigation into the Role of the Domestic Garden in Satisfying Fundamental Human Needs,’ researchers interviewed gardeners on the values of gardening in their everyday lives. The researchers found that gardens have the potential to satisfy nine basic human needs: subsistence, protection, affection, understanding, participation, leisure, creation, identity, and freedom across four existential states: being, having, doing, and interacting.
“To cultivate a garden is to walk with God.” -Christian Nestell Bovée (1820 - 1904)
“Gardening can be a compelling cooperative activity. Your best harvest may be the pleasure you get from working with family and friends. There’s never a shortage of things to do, no limit to the lessons that can be learned, especially for children.” -Steven Wilson
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“Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.” -Gordon B. Hinckley (Gordon Bitner Hinckley (1910 - 2008))
“A garden always gives back more than it receives.” -Mara Beamish
“I don’t think we’ll ever know all there is to know about gardening and I’m just as glad there will always be some magic about it!” -Barbara Damrosch
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“Maybe a person’s time would be as well spent raising food as raising money to buy food.” -Frank A. Clark (Frank Atherton Clark (1911 - 1991))
“My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to see things from the plant’s point of view.” -H. Fred Dale (H. Frederick Dale (1924 - 1994))
“A garden always gives back more than it receives.” -Mara Beamish
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“There is a great pleasure in working in the soil apart from the ownership of it. The man who has planted a garden feels that he has done something for the good of the world.” -Charles Dudley Warner (1829 - 1900)
“You must have a garden. Wherever you are.” -Patricia MacLachlan (Patricia ‘Patty’ MacLachlan (born 1938)): “Sarah, Plain and Tall” (1985)
We are MFOL! . . . the most down-to-earth people we know grow their food for thought in a vegetable garden . . .
Who’s there?
Gruesome.
Gruesome, who?
Gruesome tomatoes in my garden - would you care for some?
“The philosopher who said that work well done never needs doing over never weeded a garden.” -Ray D. Everson (Raymond D. ‘Ray’ Everson (1884 - 1960))
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Barney: What kind of jokes do gardeners tell?
Bernard: Corny ones!
“All the flowers and fruit of tomorrow are in the seeds of today.” -Author Unknown
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I have a little garden, I scratch it with a hoe
I happily plant the seeds and happily watch them grow.
-Author Unknown
Kelly: Why do melons have fancy weddings?
Nellie: Because they ‘cantaloupe.’
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“No Garden is without its Weeds.” -Thomas Fuller (1654 - 1734): “Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs” (1732), number 3576
“Half the interest of a garden is the constant exercise of the imagination.” -Alice Morse Earle (1851 - 1911)
“Nature soon takes over if the gardener is absent.” -Penelope Hobhouse (born 1929 as Penelope Chichester-Clark)
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Holly: Who says, “Hoe, hoe, hoe!”
Ivy: A gardener laughing at your jokes.
“Your first job is to prepare the soil. The best tool for this is your neighbor’s motorized garden tiller. If your neighbor does not own a garden tiller, suggest that he buy one.” -Dave Barry (David McAlister Barry (born 1947))
“Gardening: A leisure activity that is much activity and little leisure.” -Author Unknown
“If you need five tools to solve a problem in the garden, four of them will be easy to find.” -Mike Garofalo (Michael Peter Garofalo (born 1946)): “Pulling Onions” (May 2007)
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“No occupation is so delightful to me as the culture of the earth, no culture comparable to that of the garden . . . But though an old man, I am but a young gardener.” -Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826): “Garden Book” (1811)
“To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow.” -Audrey Hepburn (1929 -1993)
“God Almighty first planted a garden.” -Francis Bacon (1561- 1626): “Essays” (1625), ‘Of Gardens’
Inch by inch and row by row,
I’m gonna make this garden grow.
-Author Unknown
For an Australian project named ‘The Congruent Garden: An Investigation into the Role of the Domestic Garden in Satisfying Fundamental Human Needs,’ researchers interviewed gardeners on the values of gardening in their everyday lives. The researchers found that gardens have the potential to satisfy nine basic human needs: subsistence, protection, affection, understanding, participation, leisure, creation, identity, and freedom across four existential states: being, having, doing, and interacting.
“To cultivate a garden is to walk with God.” -Christian Nestell Bovée (1820 - 1904)
“Gardening can be a compelling cooperative activity. Your best harvest may be the pleasure you get from working with family and friends. There’s never a shortage of things to do, no limit to the lessons that can be learned, especially for children.” -Steven Wilson
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“Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.” -Gordon B. Hinckley (Gordon Bitner Hinckley (1910 - 2008))
“A garden always gives back more than it receives.” -Mara Beamish
“I don’t think we’ll ever know all there is to know about gardening and I’m just as glad there will always be some magic about it!” -Barbara Damrosch
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“Maybe a person’s time would be as well spent raising food as raising money to buy food.” -Frank A. Clark (Frank Atherton Clark (1911 - 1991))
“My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to see things from the plant’s point of view.” -H. Fred Dale (H. Frederick Dale (1924 - 1994))
“A garden always gives back more than it receives.” -Mara Beamish
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“There is a great pleasure in working in the soil apart from the ownership of it. The man who has planted a garden feels that he has done something for the good of the world.” -Charles Dudley Warner (1829 - 1900)
“You must have a garden. Wherever you are.” -Patricia MacLachlan (Patricia ‘Patty’ MacLachlan (born 1938)): “Sarah, Plain and Tall” (1985)
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Plants And People
Plants grow best when we pay attention to them. That means watering, touching them, putting them in places where they will receive good light. They need people around them to notice if they are drooping at the edges or looking particularly happy in the sunlight. The more attention a plant receives, the better it will grow.
We need to be noticed in the same way. If we notice a family member or friend is drooping, perhaps we can pay some special attention to him or her. All of us need someone to care about how we are and to truly listen to us.
We can share and double someone’s happiness by noticing and talking about it also. We help the people around us to grow by listening to their droopy edges as well as their bright days.
People need this as much as plants need light and water.
By Author Unknown
Plants grow best when we pay attention to them. That means watering, touching them, putting them in places where they will receive good light. They need people around them to notice if they are drooping at the edges or looking particularly happy in the sunlight. The more attention a plant receives, the better it will grow.
We need to be noticed in the same way. If we notice a family member or friend is drooping, perhaps we can pay some special attention to him or her. All of us need someone to care about how we are and to truly listen to us.
We can share and double someone’s happiness by noticing and talking about it also. We help the people around us to grow by listening to their droopy edges as well as their bright days.
People need this as much as plants need light and water.
By Author Unknown
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“Earth laughs in flowers.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882): “Hamatreya” (1846)
“I hope that while so many people are out smelling the flowers, someone is taking the time to plant some.” -Herbert Rappaport (Gerbert Moritsevich Rappaport (1908 - 1983))
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“If I had a flower for every time I thought of you, I could walk in my garden forever.” -Alfred Tennyson (also known as Lord Tennyson (1809 - 1892))
“Every flower blooms in its own sweet time.” -Author Unknown
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Who bends a knee where violets grow
A hundred secret things shall know.
-Rachael Field (Rachael Lyman Field (1894 - 1942)): “The Pointed People” (1924), ‘A Charm for Spring Flowers’
“A flower that is not the prettiest in the garden may yet have the loveliest fragrance.” -David L. Weatherford
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Jeremy: How do you make a flower grow faster?
Jerome: Just push the ‘accelerator petal.’
Things To Do If You Are A Flower
- Be a wonderful color like purplish-pink or peach or yellow.
- Count every star in the night sky.
- Dance in the breeze.
- Be beautiful in your own way.
- Grow toward the Sun.
- Listen to the wind.
- Be tickled by raindrops.
- Smell good.
- Speak of love without saying a word.
What would you do if you were a flower?
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“When I walk with you, I feel as if I had a flower in my buttonhole.” -William M. Thackeray (William Makepeace Thackeray (1811 - 1863)): as quoted in Herbert V. Prochnow and Herbert V. Prochnow, Junior, editors: “A Treasury of Humorous Quotations” (1969)
“Mum’s the word, because chrysanthemum is too difficult to spell.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
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The foxglove, with its stately bells
Of purple, shall adorn thy dells.
-D. M. Moir (David Macbeth Moir (1798 - 1851)): “The Poetical Works of David Macbeth Moir” (1852), ‘The Birth of the Flowers,’ stanza 14, page 140
“Flowers are love’s truest language.” -Park Benjamin
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Oh! roses and lilies are fair to see;
But the wild bluebell is the flower for me.
-Louisa A. Meredith: “The Bluebell,” line 178; as quoted in “Hoyt’s New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations” (1922), page 73
“I hope that while so many people are out smelling the flowers, someone is taking the time to plant some.” -Herbert Rappaport (Gerbert Moritsevich Rappaport (1908 - 1983))
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“If I had a flower for every time I thought of you, I could walk in my garden forever.” -Alfred Tennyson (also known as Lord Tennyson (1809 - 1892))
“Every flower blooms in its own sweet time.” -Author Unknown
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Who bends a knee where violets grow
A hundred secret things shall know.
-Rachael Field (Rachael Lyman Field (1894 - 1942)): “The Pointed People” (1924), ‘A Charm for Spring Flowers’
“A flower that is not the prettiest in the garden may yet have the loveliest fragrance.” -David L. Weatherford
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Jeremy: How do you make a flower grow faster?
Jerome: Just push the ‘accelerator petal.’
Things To Do If You Are A Flower
- Be a wonderful color like purplish-pink or peach or yellow.
- Count every star in the night sky.
- Dance in the breeze.
- Be beautiful in your own way.
- Grow toward the Sun.
- Listen to the wind.
- Be tickled by raindrops.
- Smell good.
- Speak of love without saying a word.
What would you do if you were a flower?
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“When I walk with you, I feel as if I had a flower in my buttonhole.” -William M. Thackeray (William Makepeace Thackeray (1811 - 1863)): as quoted in Herbert V. Prochnow and Herbert V. Prochnow, Junior, editors: “A Treasury of Humorous Quotations” (1969)
“Mum’s the word, because chrysanthemum is too difficult to spell.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
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The foxglove, with its stately bells
Of purple, shall adorn thy dells.
-D. M. Moir (David Macbeth Moir (1798 - 1851)): “The Poetical Works of David Macbeth Moir” (1852), ‘The Birth of the Flowers,’ stanza 14, page 140
“Flowers are love’s truest language.” -Park Benjamin
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Oh! roses and lilies are fair to see;
But the wild bluebell is the flower for me.
-Louisa A. Meredith: “The Bluebell,” line 178; as quoted in “Hoyt’s New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations” (1922), page 73
“Happiness is the art of making a bouquet of those flowers within reach.” -Bob Goddard
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In 1634 in the Netherlands, a collector traded 454 kilograms (1,000 pounds) of cheese, four oxen, eight pigs, twelve sheep, a bed, and a suit of clothes for a single bulb of the Viceroy tulip . . . He traded a farm for a flower.
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“People from a planet without flowers would think we must be mad with joy the whole time to have such things about us.” -Iris Murdoch (Jean Iris ‘Iris’ Murdoch (1919 - 1999)): “A Fairly Honourable Defeat” (1970), page 170
“There are always flowers for those who want to see them.” -Henri Matisse (1869 - 1954)
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“It’s okay to send flowers, but don’t let the flowers do all the talking. Flowers have a limited vocabulary. About the best flowers can say is that you remembered. But your words tell the rest.” -Jim Rohn (Emanuel James ‘Jim’ Rohn (1930 - 2009)) at https://www.JimRohn.com/
Rose: Why couldn’t the flower ride a bicycle?
Daisy: Because she could not reach the pedals with her petals.
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The largest flower in the world, Rafflesia arnoldii, grows in Indonesia and can be as much as 0.9 meters (3 feet wide) and weigh as much as 6.8 kilograms (15 pounds).
“Don’t try to remember the last time someone sent you flowers. Go out for a walk and pick a few.” -Author Unknown
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“If the English language made any sense, lackadaisical would have something to do with a shortage of flowers.” -Doug Larson (Douglas Lincoln ‘Doug’ Larson (1926 - 2017)): as quoted in “Reader’s Digest” (1984)
“As for marigolds, poppies, hollyhocks, and valorous sunflowers, we shall never have a garden without them, both for their own sake, and for the sake of old-fashioned folks, who used to love them.” -Henry Ward Beecher: “Star Papers, or, Experiences of Art and Nature” (1855), page 98,‘A Discourse of Flowers’
Molly: What kind of flowers grow on your face?
Darla: Tulips.
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“Flowers have spoken to me more than I can tell in written words. They are the hieroglyphics of angels, loved by all men for the beauty of their character, though few can decipher even fragments of their meaning.” -Lydia M. Child (Lydia Maria Child (born Lydia Maria Francis (1802 - 1880))): “Letters from New York” (1843), volume 1, letter 26
I will be the gladdest thing
Under the Sun!
I will touch a hundred flowers
And not pick one.
-Edna Saint Vincent Millay (1892 - 1950): “Afternoon on a Hill”
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Pluck not the wayside flower;
It is the traveler’s dower.
A thousand passersby
Its beauties may espy,
To win a touch of blessing
From nature’s mild caressing.
-William Allingham (1824 - 1889): “Wayside Flowers”
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In 1634 in the Netherlands, a collector traded 454 kilograms (1,000 pounds) of cheese, four oxen, eight pigs, twelve sheep, a bed, and a suit of clothes for a single bulb of the Viceroy tulip . . . He traded a farm for a flower.
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“People from a planet without flowers would think we must be mad with joy the whole time to have such things about us.” -Iris Murdoch (Jean Iris ‘Iris’ Murdoch (1919 - 1999)): “A Fairly Honourable Defeat” (1970), page 170
“There are always flowers for those who want to see them.” -Henri Matisse (1869 - 1954)
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“It’s okay to send flowers, but don’t let the flowers do all the talking. Flowers have a limited vocabulary. About the best flowers can say is that you remembered. But your words tell the rest.” -Jim Rohn (Emanuel James ‘Jim’ Rohn (1930 - 2009)) at https://www.JimRohn.com/
Rose: Why couldn’t the flower ride a bicycle?
Daisy: Because she could not reach the pedals with her petals.
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The largest flower in the world, Rafflesia arnoldii, grows in Indonesia and can be as much as 0.9 meters (3 feet wide) and weigh as much as 6.8 kilograms (15 pounds).
“Don’t try to remember the last time someone sent you flowers. Go out for a walk and pick a few.” -Author Unknown
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“If the English language made any sense, lackadaisical would have something to do with a shortage of flowers.” -Doug Larson (Douglas Lincoln ‘Doug’ Larson (1926 - 2017)): as quoted in “Reader’s Digest” (1984)
“As for marigolds, poppies, hollyhocks, and valorous sunflowers, we shall never have a garden without them, both for their own sake, and for the sake of old-fashioned folks, who used to love them.” -Henry Ward Beecher: “Star Papers, or, Experiences of Art and Nature” (1855), page 98,‘A Discourse of Flowers’
Molly: What kind of flowers grow on your face?
Darla: Tulips.
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“Flowers have spoken to me more than I can tell in written words. They are the hieroglyphics of angels, loved by all men for the beauty of their character, though few can decipher even fragments of their meaning.” -Lydia M. Child (Lydia Maria Child (born Lydia Maria Francis (1802 - 1880))): “Letters from New York” (1843), volume 1, letter 26
I will be the gladdest thing
Under the Sun!
I will touch a hundred flowers
And not pick one.
-Edna Saint Vincent Millay (1892 - 1950): “Afternoon on a Hill”
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Pluck not the wayside flower;
It is the traveler’s dower.
A thousand passersby
Its beauties may espy,
To win a touch of blessing
From nature’s mild caressing.
-William Allingham (1824 - 1889): “Wayside Flowers”
When we look at them, some pansies almost seem to be looking back at us . . . but do not worry, they are benign . . . or perhaps some other number . . .
Ezekiel: What do you get when you cross a flower with a monkey?
Daniel: Chimp-pansies.
“All flowers are not to be picked; some are meant to stay rooted so their beauty may continue to sing praises unto nature.” -Grace Terrell
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“Take care of your peonies and the dahlias will take care of themselves.” -F. P. Adams (Franklin Pierce Adams (1881 - 1960))
Daisy: What did one rose say to the other?
Iris: “Hi, Bud!”
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Plato: What kind of flowers do you give to a monster?
Socrates: Mari-ghouls and morning-gories.
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“Flowers have an expression of countenance as much as men and 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 (1813 - 1887): “Star Papers, or, Experiences of Art and Nature” (1855), ‘A Discourse of Flowers, page 100
“The grape Hyacinth is the favorite Spring flower of my garden - but no! I thought a minute ago the Scilla was! and what place has the Violet? the Flower de Luce? I cannot decide, but this I know - it is some blue flower.” -Alice Morse Earle (1851 - 1911)
“Lord, make us mindful of the little things that grow and blossom in these days to make the world beautiful for us.” -W. E. B. Du Bois (William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (1868 - 1963))
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Ezekiel: What do you get when you cross a flower with a monkey?
Daniel: Chimp-pansies.
“All flowers are not to be picked; some are meant to stay rooted so their beauty may continue to sing praises unto nature.” -Grace Terrell
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“Take care of your peonies and the dahlias will take care of themselves.” -F. P. Adams (Franklin Pierce Adams (1881 - 1960))
Daisy: What did one rose say to the other?
Iris: “Hi, Bud!”
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Plato: What kind of flowers do you give to a monster?
Socrates: Mari-ghouls and morning-gories.
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“Flowers have an expression of countenance as much as men and 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 (1813 - 1887): “Star Papers, or, Experiences of Art and Nature” (1855), ‘A Discourse of Flowers, page 100
“The grape Hyacinth is the favorite Spring flower of my garden - but no! I thought a minute ago the Scilla was! and what place has the Violet? the Flower de Luce? I cannot decide, but this I know - it is some blue flower.” -Alice Morse Earle (1851 - 1911)
“Lord, make us mindful of the little things that grow and blossom in these days to make the world beautiful for us.” -W. E. B. Du Bois (William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (1868 - 1963))
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“Always take time to stop and smell the flowers, and sooner or later, you will inhale a bee.” -Author Unknown
Broccoli and cauliflower are not only flowers, but are vegetables for your dinner plate as well.
“Many flowers are good fried or frittered. Blossoms of squash, pumpkin, honey locust, daylily, elderberry, and yucca are all tasty. Yucca flowers are also delicious stir-fried with green peppers and garlic.” -Homer Stillson (1930)
Wild Flowers
Wild Flowers
“Of what are you afraid, my child?”
Inquired the kindly teacher.
“Oh, sir! The flowers, they are wild,”
Replied the timid creature.
By Peter Newell (1862 - 1924): “Pictures And Rhymes” (1899)
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“Flowers are as common in the country as people are in London.” -Oscar Wilde (Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde (1854 - 1900))
Annabelle: If April showers bring May flowers, what do May flowers bring?
Bernice: Blushing June brides! (Alternate answers include ‘Pilgrims’ and ‘Allergies.’)
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“The flower which is single, need not envy the thorns that are numerous.” -Rabindranath Tagore (also known as Ravīndranātha Thākura, born Rabindranath Thakur (1861 - 1941))
“All the flowers of all the tomorrows are in the seed of today.” -Croft M. Pentz
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“God gave us memories that we might have roses in December.” -J. M. Barrie (James Matthew Barrie (1860 - 1937)): “Courage” (1922) rectoral address, paraphrasing lines from Geoffrey Anketell Suddert Kennedy (1883 - 1929): “Roses in December” poem
God gave His children memory
That in life’s garden there might be
June roses in December.
-Geoffrey Anketell Studdert-Kennedy (1883 - 1929): “Roses in December” poem, stanza 1, lines 1 through 3
Are tiger lilies ferocious?
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The name of the flower ‘heliotrope’ is derived from the ancient Greek words ‘helios’ meaning ’sun’ and ’trepos’ meaning ‘turning to go into to,’ because its leaves and flowers turn toward the Sun. The daffodil flower’s name is from the Old English ‘affo dyle’ meaning ‘that which cometh early’ because it is one of the earliest in the year flowers to bloom. The iris flower is named after the Greek goddess Iris, who was believed to carry messages of love from Heaven to Earth using a rainbow as her bridge. Irises are named after her because they bloom in just about all the colors of the rainbow. Doctor Joel Poinsett, the first American ambassador to Mexico, brought the poinsettia to the United States in 1828. The plant, called ‘flower of the blessed night’ in Mexico, was renamed in Poinsett’s honor and is commonly used as a Christmas decoration.
“Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful; they are sunshine, food, and medicine to the mind.” -Luther Burbank (1849 - 1926)
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“The flower that follows the Sun does so even in cloudy days.” -Robert Leighton (1611 - 1684)
Broccoli and cauliflower are not only flowers, but are vegetables for your dinner plate as well.
“Many flowers are good fried or frittered. Blossoms of squash, pumpkin, honey locust, daylily, elderberry, and yucca are all tasty. Yucca flowers are also delicious stir-fried with green peppers and garlic.” -Homer Stillson (1930)
Wild Flowers
Wild Flowers
“Of what are you afraid, my child?”
Inquired the kindly teacher.
“Oh, sir! The flowers, they are wild,”
Replied the timid creature.
By Peter Newell (1862 - 1924): “Pictures And Rhymes” (1899)
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“Flowers are as common in the country as people are in London.” -Oscar Wilde (Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde (1854 - 1900))
Annabelle: If April showers bring May flowers, what do May flowers bring?
Bernice: Blushing June brides! (Alternate answers include ‘Pilgrims’ and ‘Allergies.’)
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“The flower which is single, need not envy the thorns that are numerous.” -Rabindranath Tagore (also known as Ravīndranātha Thākura, born Rabindranath Thakur (1861 - 1941))
“All the flowers of all the tomorrows are in the seed of today.” -Croft M. Pentz
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“God gave us memories that we might have roses in December.” -J. M. Barrie (James Matthew Barrie (1860 - 1937)): “Courage” (1922) rectoral address, paraphrasing lines from Geoffrey Anketell Suddert Kennedy (1883 - 1929): “Roses in December” poem
God gave His children memory
That in life’s garden there might be
June roses in December.
-Geoffrey Anketell Studdert-Kennedy (1883 - 1929): “Roses in December” poem, stanza 1, lines 1 through 3
Are tiger lilies ferocious?
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The name of the flower ‘heliotrope’ is derived from the ancient Greek words ‘helios’ meaning ’sun’ and ’trepos’ meaning ‘turning to go into to,’ because its leaves and flowers turn toward the Sun. The daffodil flower’s name is from the Old English ‘affo dyle’ meaning ‘that which cometh early’ because it is one of the earliest in the year flowers to bloom. The iris flower is named after the Greek goddess Iris, who was believed to carry messages of love from Heaven to Earth using a rainbow as her bridge. Irises are named after her because they bloom in just about all the colors of the rainbow. Doctor Joel Poinsett, the first American ambassador to Mexico, brought the poinsettia to the United States in 1828. The plant, called ‘flower of the blessed night’ in Mexico, was renamed in Poinsett’s honor and is commonly used as a Christmas decoration.
“Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful; they are sunshine, food, and medicine to the mind.” -Luther Burbank (1849 - 1926)
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“The flower that follows the Sun does so even in cloudy days.” -Robert Leighton (1611 - 1684)
“Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns. I am thankful that thorns have roses.” -Alphonse Karr (Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr (1808 - 1890))
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“I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers.” -Claude Monet (Oscar-Claude ‘Claude’ Monet (1840 - 1926))
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Wild Flower Alphabet
A for the Aconite, first of the year,
B for the Buttercup, able to hold Dewdrop
And rain in its chalice of gold.
C for the Cowslip, sweet joy of the Spring;
When cowslips are blooming the nightingales sing.
D for the Daisy, white star of the grass,
Lifting its bright eye to us as we pass.
E for the Eglantine, lovely wild rose,
Sheds fragrance of sweetbriar where - ever it grows.
F for the Foxglove, the sentinel tall,
Guarding the forest from Summer to Fall.
G for the Gorse of rich golden delight;
Linnaeus went down on his knees at the sight.
H for the Harebell, so fragile, yet strong,
The dear little Blue Bells of Scotland in song.
I for the Iris which grows by the stream,
The Flower of the Rainbow, how golden its gleam!
J for Saint John’s Wort, of medical fame,
Balm of the Warrior’s Wound was its name.
K for the Kingcup that loves marshy fields,
And glorious the harvest of gold that it yields!
L for the Ling, the dear flower of the heath,
How tender its color, how fragrant its breath!
M for the Meadowsweet, pleasant and rare
Is the perfume with which it enchanteth the air!
N for the Nightshade, or Bittersweet, flower,
With its berries and blossoms of poisonous power.
O for the Oxlip, a flower that you’ll find
When cowslips and orchids in posies you bind.
P for the Primrose, recalling to sight
Paths in the woodland a-shimmer with light.
Q for the Quaking grass, name that it takes
From the way it unceasingly shivers and shakes.
R for the Rest-harrow, staying the plough,
Food for the gentle-eyed, ruminant cow.
S for the Speedwell, tenderest blue;
From the skies it has taken its exquisite hue.
T for the traveler’s Joy that you’ll find
Where sweet sheltering hedgerows wander and wind.
U for the Upright Sea-lavender flower;
The sand-swallows claim it for sheltering bower.
V for the Violet, flower of the soul,
Heart’s-ease of Paradise, making us whole.
W for windflower, so fair to the sight,
That throws o’er the woodlands her mantle of light.
X forms a cross in the Passion-flower wild
In Southern America, balmy and mild.
Y for the Yarrow, all wayfarers know,
As it grows by the wayside where ever you go.
Z is the ribbon this posy to bind,
With the thoughts and the fragrance
It brings to your mind.
By Author Unknown
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Flowering plants that need to attract moths for pollination are generally white or pale yellow, to be better seen in dim light. Plants that depend on butterflies for pollination have brightly colored flowers.
“Flowers are happy things.” -P. G. Wodehouse (Pelham Grenville Wodehouse (1881 - 1975))
Merlin: What flowers are the happiest?
Mervin: The glad-iolas.
“If a flower blooms once, it goes on blooming somewhere forever. It blooms on for whoever has seen it blooming.” -William H. Armstrong (William Howard Armstrong (1911 - 1999)): “Sounder” (1969)
“Every flower must push through the dirt in order to get to bath in the sunlight.” -Author Unknown
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I know not which I love the most,
Nor which the comeliest shows,
The timid, bashful violet
Or the royal-hearted rose:
The pansy in her purple dress,
The pink with cheek of red,
Or the faint, fair heliotrope, who hangs,
Like a bashful maid her head.
-Phoebe Cary (1824 - 1871): “Spring Flowers”
“Where flowers bloom so does hope.” -Claudia Alta ‘Lady Bird’ Taylor Johnson (1912 - 2007): remark (1 October 1965) at the Annual Convention of the Associated Press Managing Editors Association
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We are MFOL! . . . now let us tiptoe through the tulips . . . on our way to more making fun of life . . .
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“I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers.” -Claude Monet (Oscar-Claude ‘Claude’ Monet (1840 - 1926))
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Wild Flower Alphabet
A for the Aconite, first of the year,
B for the Buttercup, able to hold Dewdrop
And rain in its chalice of gold.
C for the Cowslip, sweet joy of the Spring;
When cowslips are blooming the nightingales sing.
D for the Daisy, white star of the grass,
Lifting its bright eye to us as we pass.
E for the Eglantine, lovely wild rose,
Sheds fragrance of sweetbriar where - ever it grows.
F for the Foxglove, the sentinel tall,
Guarding the forest from Summer to Fall.
G for the Gorse of rich golden delight;
Linnaeus went down on his knees at the sight.
H for the Harebell, so fragile, yet strong,
The dear little Blue Bells of Scotland in song.
I for the Iris which grows by the stream,
The Flower of the Rainbow, how golden its gleam!
J for Saint John’s Wort, of medical fame,
Balm of the Warrior’s Wound was its name.
K for the Kingcup that loves marshy fields,
And glorious the harvest of gold that it yields!
L for the Ling, the dear flower of the heath,
How tender its color, how fragrant its breath!
M for the Meadowsweet, pleasant and rare
Is the perfume with which it enchanteth the air!
N for the Nightshade, or Bittersweet, flower,
With its berries and blossoms of poisonous power.
O for the Oxlip, a flower that you’ll find
When cowslips and orchids in posies you bind.
P for the Primrose, recalling to sight
Paths in the woodland a-shimmer with light.
Q for the Quaking grass, name that it takes
From the way it unceasingly shivers and shakes.
R for the Rest-harrow, staying the plough,
Food for the gentle-eyed, ruminant cow.
S for the Speedwell, tenderest blue;
From the skies it has taken its exquisite hue.
T for the traveler’s Joy that you’ll find
Where sweet sheltering hedgerows wander and wind.
U for the Upright Sea-lavender flower;
The sand-swallows claim it for sheltering bower.
V for the Violet, flower of the soul,
Heart’s-ease of Paradise, making us whole.
W for windflower, so fair to the sight,
That throws o’er the woodlands her mantle of light.
X forms a cross in the Passion-flower wild
In Southern America, balmy and mild.
Y for the Yarrow, all wayfarers know,
As it grows by the wayside where ever you go.
Z is the ribbon this posy to bind,
With the thoughts and the fragrance
It brings to your mind.
By Author Unknown
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Flowering plants that need to attract moths for pollination are generally white or pale yellow, to be better seen in dim light. Plants that depend on butterflies for pollination have brightly colored flowers.
“Flowers are happy things.” -P. G. Wodehouse (Pelham Grenville Wodehouse (1881 - 1975))
Merlin: What flowers are the happiest?
Mervin: The glad-iolas.
“If a flower blooms once, it goes on blooming somewhere forever. It blooms on for whoever has seen it blooming.” -William H. Armstrong (William Howard Armstrong (1911 - 1999)): “Sounder” (1969)
“Every flower must push through the dirt in order to get to bath in the sunlight.” -Author Unknown
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I know not which I love the most,
Nor which the comeliest shows,
The timid, bashful violet
Or the royal-hearted rose:
The pansy in her purple dress,
The pink with cheek of red,
Or the faint, fair heliotrope, who hangs,
Like a bashful maid her head.
-Phoebe Cary (1824 - 1871): “Spring Flowers”
“Where flowers bloom so does hope.” -Claudia Alta ‘Lady Bird’ Taylor Johnson (1912 - 2007): remark (1 October 1965) at the Annual Convention of the Associated Press Managing Editors Association
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We are MFOL! . . . now let us tiptoe through the tulips . . . on our way to more making fun of life . . .
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Pussy Willows
They call them pussy willows,
But there’s not a cat to see
Except the furry little toes
That stick out on the tree.
I think that very long ago,
When I was just brand new,
There must have been whole pussy cats
These small toes belonged to.
And every year what worries me -
I cannot ever find
Those willow cats who ran away
And left their toes behind.
By David Richardson
They call them pussy willows,
But there’s not a cat to see
Except the furry little toes
That stick out on the tree.
I think that very long ago,
When I was just brand new,
There must have been whole pussy cats
These small toes belonged to.
And every year what worries me -
I cannot ever find
Those willow cats who ran away
And left their toes behind.
By David Richardson
