Come on Spring!

After that last cold snap,

we are now back into the 70's and beautiful weather.

Yesterday I was out planting seeds in the garden.

I already have lettuce coming up

from the seeds I planted prior.

It sure felt good to get my hands

in the dirt yesterday. 

Gardens inspire me in my fiber art

and also my watercolors.

One of my favorite garden books

is called

Simple Pleasures of the Garden: Stories, Recipes & Crafts from the Abundant Earth

by Susannah Seton

The book is separated into seasons

and filled with interesting information.

There are also quotes throughout the book and

these are some of my favorites.

You can use them in many of your projects.

Every gardener knows that under the cloak of

winter lies a miracle...a seed waiting to sprout,

a bulb opening to the light, a bud straining to unfurl. 

And the anticipation nurtures our dream.

---Barbara Winkler

Nor rural sights alone, but rural sounds,

Exhilarate the spirit, and restore

The tone of languid nature.

--William Cowper

In the garden every man may be his own artist

without apology or explanation.  Here is one spot

where each many experience "the romance of

possibility."

--Louise Beebe Wilder

Even if something is left undone, everyone must

take time to sit still and watch the leaves turn.

--Elizabeth Lawrence

A happy life, must be to a great extent a quiet life,

for it is only in an atmosphere of quiet that true

joy can live.

--Bertrand Rissell

Savor the Day!

Yvonne