"The glory of gardening, hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature.
To nurture a garden is to feed not just the body, but the soul."
Alfred Austin
Described as
Neighborhood house of fete
The Egyptian Minister and Mme Smay Pasha
Refreshing themselves with coffee served by Mrs. R. W. Imbrie
photo taken May 1926.
What's It All About?
The Gardens of our Lives?
"If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need."
Marcus Tullius Cicero
photo by Carol Highsmith
of
Jasmine Hill Gardens
near Wetumpka, Alabama
The Glory of the Garden
by
Rudyard Kipling
"In search of my mother's garden
I found my own."
Alice Walker
The way a garden can be explained quite truthfully, is by growth.
Community Gardens.
You'll never know what you're capable of
until you plant.
"Expect nothing. Live frugally on surprise."
Alice Walker
20 comments:
I enjoyed the quotes, the pictures and your words.
A very nice pairing of lovely garden pictures and quotes. The headless, armless, one-wingless statue in the beautiful Jasmine Hill Gardens bothered me a bit, though, so I looked further to learn more about her - An ancient Greek sculpture, "Nike of Samothrace", the winged angel of victory following an ancient battle. Jasmine Hill's is a replica of the original, of course, but still captivating.
Poor angel, no arms, no head, at least she still has her wings.
My maternal grandfather was born in Wetumpka, AL. I have to agree with the quote about libraries and gardens.
Thanks for sharing more on the statue! It is quite a bit of interesting history!
Very true, although there is an interesting bit of history to her back story! Great to see you again Rob!
It looks like a lovely town from what I saw so far! I may have to post about that city another time!
But who is that disapproving woman with a handbag in the first photo? She's the most interesting of the lot.
Oh, and don't worry about the poor angel, she's 'armless.
Wow, you are good. Well done!
Thank you for reminding me of the Kipling poem - so apt, especially as it has been a mild Easter where we are and a lot of our time has been spent in the garden getting it ready for winter.
Great picture with the Egyptian Minister - do you know the archive this is from please?
You somehow show vivid color via sepia, K!
Aloha
That's a very funny "photobomb" that Brett spotted. I doubt the Egyptian Minister and his wife did much gardening themselves.
I like Cicero's quote the best.
I laughed at the photobomber too. I wondered if Mme Pasha was gearing up for a little fortune-telling.
Excellent selection of quotes, by the way.
I do enjoy and admire the way you find the perfect quotes to go with the pictures Karen. That first one is so funny; what a gem.
The folks in that first shot look like a scene from an old silent film. I'm sure there could be a wonderful story made up about what's going on. The gentleman for sure would be a wonderful character.
Beautifully put together.
Wouldn't some of those photos look beautiful in colour.
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