“I hear the wind among the trees
Playing the celestial symphonies;
I see the branches downward bent,
Like keys of some great instrument.”
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Flowers
“Life dealt me primrose beauty when it led me into the garden of you.
You are the tippy to my toes, the crick in my neck and my lips are in throes.
Words I must convey and say on this very special day…
you are loved…til the curtain closes on life’s play.” ~ tonia
“Let us not fear the inevitable chill and storms of autumn and winter, instead, let us anticipate the rapid growth of springtime, let us await the rewards of summer. As in a garden of the earth, let us learn to accept and appreciate the times when the trees are bare as well as the times when we pick the fruit.” — Being There
“Sweet May hath come to love us,
Flowers, trees, their blossoms don;
And through the blue heavens above us
The very clouds move on.”
Heinrich Heine
Praise the spells and bless the charms,
I found April in my arms.
April golden, April cloudy,
Gracious, cruel, tender, rowdy;
April soft in flowered languor,
April cold with sudden anger,
Ever changing, ever true —
I love April, I love you.
Ogden Nash
“I don’t want realism. I want magic!”
Tennessee Williams
‘Twas Easter-Sunday. The full-blossomed trees
Filled all the air with fragrance and with joy.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Art thou a hyacinth blossom
The shepherds upon the hills
Have trodden into the ground?
Shall I not lift thee?
Bliss Carman
“I like to think of thoughts as living blossoms borne by the human tree.”
James Douglas
Just living is not enough… one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.
Hans Christian Andersen
Maverick Mist 