“Spring is Nature’s way of saying,
‘Let’s Party!”
~ Robin Williams
Celebrate Cinco de Mayo
flower
Breath of Life
“Just living is not enough…
one must have sunshine,
freedom, and a little flower.”
~ Hans Christian Andersen
Blossom on Earth
“Let us be grateful to people
who make us happy, they are
the charming gardeners who
make our souls blossom.”
~ Marcel Proust
From Poi Pond to Bird of Paradise
The white surf on the coral reef disappeared into the blue shadows along the shoreline. From the cliff house, on the East Shore of the island, the daily temperature rarely dipped below 71° and seldom peaked above 84°. Our exercise regimen included a two-mile walk along the small stretch of beach on Kalapaki Bay. Looking out beyond open waters, the azure blue of sky and sea melded together until it disappeared into a hazy horizon. The sun shown so brilliantly white, I often had to squint behind polarized sunglasses just to find shade in the leafy fronds of a towering palm tree. Evening strolls through the cultural garden past bridges, waterfalls, and statues led us on stone pathways from magnificent Poi Pond to exotic Bird of Paradise. A nightcap against the radiant sunset soothed the senses. Two tropical cocktails arrived decorated with a maraschino cherry and fresh-cut pineapple wedge skewered by pretty paper umbrellas. Well done, Kauai Marriott Beach Resort.
Perfectly Exquisite
“It was in the 1920s,
when nobody had time to reflect,
that I saw a still-life painting
with a flower
that was perfectly exquisite,
but so small you really
could not appreciate it.”
~ Georgia O’Keeffe
Behold the Morning Glory
“A morning glory
at my window
satisfies me more
than the metaphysics
of books.”
~ Walt Whitman
The Hypnotic Hydrangea
“Even in the smallest and humblest garden, a sturdy hydrangea at once proclaims the place
as the abode of a real gardener rather than
a mere purchaser of plants
to cover the landscape.”
~ Washington Park Arboretum Bulletin, 2006
The Beauty of a Peony
“I want to encourage women
to embrace their own
uniqueness. Because just like
a rose is beautiful, so is a
sunflower, so is a peony. I
mean, all flowers are beautiful
in their own way, and that’s
like women, too.”
~ Miranda Kerr
Behold the Lovely Clematis
“The common hill-flowers wither, but they blossom again. The laburnum will be as yellow next June as it is now. In a month there will be purple stars on the clematis, and year after year the green night of its leaves will hold its purple stars. But we never get back our youth.”~ Oscar Wilde, “The Picture of Dorian Gray”.
