Impossible But True

"The Lord your God is with you,
    He is mighty to save.
  He will take great delight in you,
    He will quiet you with His love,
    He will rejoice over you with singing."

~ Zephaniah 3:17

A Summer's Day

"Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate."

~ Shakespeare

Perfection

"As I hold the flower in my hand and think of trying to describe it, I realize how poor a creature I am, how impotent are words in the presence of such perfection."

~Celia Thaxter

With just one close look at this intricate blossom on this winding vine that cannot contain itself to only one garden, I am reminded again of how prolific and generous and creative our Lord is, to sprinkle these perfect works of art all over even humble homes such as ours.

The Art of Gardening

"Gardening is the art that uses flowers and plants as the paint, and the soil and the sky as the canvas."

~Elizabeth Murray

I find endless inspiration for all my artistic endeavors from The Great Master.

Queen Anne's Lace Cakes: Blessed

Queen Anne's Lace Cakes: Blessed: "So her life was full of sunshine, for in toiling for The Lord She had found the hidden sweetness that in common things lies stored; ...

Blessed

"So her life was full of sunshine, for in toiling for The Lord
She had found the hidden sweetness that in common things lies stored;
He has strewn the earth with flowers, and each eye their brightness sees,
But He filled their cups with honey for His humble working bees."

~Francesca Alexander

I am blessed, indeed, to be doing what I love.

Simplicity

"With a few flowers in my garden, half a dozen pictures and some books, I live without envy."
~Lope de Vega

Multiply the last by hundreds, the middle by thousands and the first by millions, and I am so content! Hey, I don't ask much.

Oh, and chocolate.

Must have chocolate...