Quote It Saturday: Garden Bliss

Nature is the master artist, and the garden is an outdoor studio.  Quiet little miracles appear in the spring garden--new leaves, the beginnings of fruit, a burst of flower-color.  Cuttings from other plants, from mint or succulents, start to grow and forge their own identities.

Signs of life on the Japanese maple

Rosemary plants have become bushes

Carrots (from seeds) flourish in a planter box

Mini cherry tomatoes sprout abundantly
 on plants from last spring

A brilliantly-colored geranium

Grapes-to-be!

This mint plant...

...led to this mint plant...

...and this one

A trio of succulents

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1911 edition

 by Frances Hodgson Burnett, author of

The Secret Garden   (and other books)

“And the secret garden bloomed and bloomed and every morning revealed new miracles.”


"I am writing in the garden. To write as one should of a garden one must write not outside it or merely somewhere near it, but in the garden."


“If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden.”

  

Quote It Saturday is a meme hosted by Freda's Voice.  During the merry month of May, Sheila from Book Journey is hosting a read-a-long for The Secret Garden.

As always, your comments are welcomed. 

Really Random Tuesday #45: Winners and a Blogiversary

Welcome to the 45th edition of Really Random Tuesday!  As is often the case in these Tuesday posts, I'll announce my randomly selected giveaway winners here.

Peppermint, Ph.D. is the winner of my GoneReading giveaway.  She has won her choice of a gift valued at $20.  GoneReading offers fantastic items for readers, and this company generously donates 100% of after-tax profits to libraries and reading programs worldwide.

Harvee from Book Dilettante has won The Song Remains the Same by Allison Winn Scotch.  Congratulations to both of my winners!  If you didn't win this time, please scroll down and take a look at the other giveaways listed on the right side of my blog (if you're on a mobile device, you'll have to switch to the web version).

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4 years of blogging about books

How do you celebrate a blogiversary?  By blogging about it, of course! It's hard to believe that I started this blog four years ago, but the time has passed quickly.  One of the reasons I host giveaways is to thank those who visit my blog (and my followers get extra chances to win).  Without readers who leave comments, this blog would be a dull monologue. Thank you for your visits and comments!

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Appearing on random Tuesdays, Really Random Tuesday is a way to post odds and ends--announcements, musings, quotes, photos--any blogging and book-related things you can think of.  If you're inspired by this idea, feel free to copy the button and use it on your own blog.  For another Really Random Tuesday post, visit Vivienne's blog, Serendipity Reviews.  Please leave a link in the comments if you’re participating and I'll add it to this post.  Thanks for reading!