"Did I take time out to laugh, to love,
To see, to think, to pray?
These are the thoughts that cross my mind
At the closing of the day." Mamaw Tribby
quote from the book "A Garden's Grace" by Nancy Hutchins
Gardening brings me such joy. I know many of you feel the same peace when you see your gardens. Also some of us love to see gardens our neighbors provide.
The above is from my patio fence and has volunteer nasturtiums.
My dad enjoyed nurturing his garden and lawn at our Wisconsin home. He especially liked pruning our forsythia and lilac bushes. Once in a while he pruned a bit too much but we always had yellow forsythia and lilac blooms every spring. We had a white lilac, a dark purple lilac and a light lilac flower lilac all next to each other. The white lilac was about 10 feet tall, almost a tree, I planted a lilac recommended for where I live in California but it doesn't produce blooms. This year it had one group of blooms! I have had this lilac for about 15 years and I am not giving up on it.
17 comments:
There is nothing like growing plants and a garden. It heals the soul, I think.
What wonderful memories of your dad's lilacs. I am a huge lilac fan and planted one under every window when we built our family room addition. I am blessed to live in a lilac friendly area and some people (farmers, ahem, etc) think they are invasive weeds! Personally I wouldn't care if lilacs took over the world!
Gardens are such a gift! I'm not a gardener but my husband is and I get to enjoy it!
My father had a PhD in botany, so I was raised with a healthy love and respect for plants. I can't have a garden where we live as there is too much shade, but I've certainly enjoyed doing so in the past. Blessings, Terra!
A garden does bring joy beauty and purpose
I love lilac bushes...and the smell in spring...oh my!! Love, Andrea xoxo
I hate garden work, but I love to sit in one with beautiful flowers. My favorite flower is the sunflower. I know Wisconsin quite well, my aunt had married an American and they lived in Madison. We have been several times to visit them. I loved the lake and the Wisconsin Dells. But that's long time ago.
Love the very cool sunflower with the shades.
I live in a 6th floor apartment and don't have a garden, nor do I have the talent for it....but I love gardens and nature! I love taking walks in nature, I find it soothing and therapeutic. Thank you so much for sharing, Terra!
As a child our farm had huge lilac “trees.” We would bring big bunches of them into the house and put them into urns and vases. To this day the fragrance of lilacs is very nostalgic to my sisters and me.
I only have one house plant...a Christmas cactus. I used to have lots of plants but at this point in my life I do not want to have to feed, water and care for anything I don't have to!
Greetings. Thank you for visiting my Blog.
God bless always.
We had a huge lilac bush at our old house that was about 40 years old. It was covered in blooms every year! Now I have a small one at this house. It blooms pretty good and smells heavenly!
I love it.
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Thank you for sharing your pretty blooms with us. It's lovely visiting again. Thank you for visiting me. Happy weekend!
Dear Terra, thank you for this post!
After building a garden over 20 years in Hildesheim followed times with balconies in Hamburg and Berlin. Now in Bavaria. Here in the village I had the great luck to see five private gardens - so wonderful, and a chat over a garden fence is an easy way to find new friends.
I write a lot about gardening - some (long) time ago I even had a blog here in bogland called "Gardening in High Heels" which I liked very much to write, and also the exchange with many garden bloggers.
As it is "only" a balcony here I might travel around through Bavaria and visit Botanical Gardens - sounds like a satisfying project for spring & summer.
Beautiful decor.
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