Thread of encouragement

I like the ' not yet the end ' one !

I say, if your knees aren't green by the end of the day, you ought to seriously re-examine your life. ~Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes

I miss that comic strip terribly!

There is no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end.

We are overwhelmed at the kindness of the families at the school where my DDIL teaches. Dinner has been brought every night. They made a huge basket for her to choose a wrapped present to open. Some have been practical(prunes), others pampering, still others raise questions(an old math book for her to keep her mind sharp?) heehee

liked Calvin and Hobbes.
THe sun'll come out ...tomorrow, but ya gotta hang on till tomorrow...Annie

All good reminders of where we should keep our focus!

It's spring! Not feeling like it, though.

No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn. ~Hal Borland

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In the spring I have counted one hundred and thirty-six different kinds of weather inside of four and twenty hours. ~Mark Twain

The first day of spring is one thing, and the first spring day is another. The difference between them is sometimes as great as a month. ~Henry Van Dyke

Thanks, Pixie! I needed that.....thought I was stuck in Narnia!

In honor of Spring a few gardening quotes. ^_^

There can be no other occupation like gardening in which, if you were to creep up behind someone at their work, you would find them smiling. ~Mirabel Osler


Gardening requires lots of water - most of it in the form of perspiration. ~Lou Erickson

My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to see things from the plant's point of view. ~H. Fred Dale (Thanks, Anne)

In every gardener there is a child who believes in The Seed Fairy. ~Robert Brault (mine is named Allison. :)

Gardening is about enjoying the smell of things growing in the soil, getting dirty without feeling guilty, and generally taking the time to soak up a little peace and serenity. ~Lindley Karstens

Gardening is cheaper than therapy and you get tomatoes. ~Author Unknown

It pleases me to take amateur photographs of my garden, and it pleases my garden to make my photographs look professional. ~Robert Brault


In the garden I tend to drop my thoughts here and there. To the flowers I whisper the secrets I keep and the hopes I breathe. I know they are there to eavesdrop for the angels. ~Dodinsky

In my garden there is a large place for sentiment. My garden of flowers is also my garden of thoughts and dreams. The thoughts grow as freely as the flowers, and the dreams are as beautiful. ~Abram L. Urban

Very nice, Celeste. Eavesdropping for angels is my favorite.

Pretty!

I like that one too!

Very nice...thanks, Pixie!

First bloom of spring is a great joy. Ours was a flower of I. reticulata 'Katharine Hodgkin' which managed it on my DH's birthday. He is a great gardiner.

My reticulated iris are just popping up.....hope your DH had a wonderful day!

Easter spells out beauty, the rare beauty of new life. ~S.D. Gordon

Where man sees but withered leaves, God sees sweet flowers growing. ~Albert Laighton

2 batches of crocuses have appeared.

That's uplifting!

Spring does seem to wash away some of the bad doesn't it...

BIG TIME, Ronnie!

When the going gets tough, the tough... go shopping.

When life throws you lemons, make orange juice. It will leave them wondering how the heck you did that. ~Author Unknown

After getting home yesterday I HAD to see the grandies that live around the corner, but there is a bug going around their house and I don't want to be exposed, so I went over and looked in the window to see their smiling faces. Lifted my spirits greatly, but I so wanted to get hugs.

Aww Jan (((♥)))

Right--don't need 'bugs' in the spring.

Yes, the smiles help! Am seeing my 3 tonight....

There can be no other occupation like gardening in which, if you were to creep up behind someone at their work, you would find them smiling. ~Mirabel Osler

Adversity is like a strong wind. It tears away from us all but the things that cannot be torn, so that we see ourselves as we really are. ~Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha

Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read---Groucho Marx

I like that smiling one Jen, I can forget so much when I'm in the yard!

Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses.
Alphonse Karr

That's a good one.

Learning a new skill that you were fearful about is rewarding!!!

“To laugh often and love much; to win the respect of intelligent persons and the affection of children; to earn the approbation of honest citizens and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to give of one’s self; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to have played and laughed with enthusiasm and sung with exultation; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived—this is to have succeeded.”
Bessie Anderson Stanley(1879–1952)

I really like those sentiments......

You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.
Margaret Thatcher