Happy May Day!

Happy May Day, Dear Friends - 

I've picked some posies from 

my garden for you
with five selected poems and quotes.

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'I have been in the meadows all the day,

And gathered there the nosegay that you see,

Singing within myself as bird or bee

When such do field-work on a morn of May.'

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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There is lilac for humility, 

Columbine for resolution,

and

Forget-Me-Not - for true love.

According to the Victorian book, 

'The Language of Flowers'. 

This charming book, reprinted from a hand-made

original, was a gift from my Sis.

The sweet green jar I used today

was also a gift from her. 

She lives 3000 miles away, 

but is always in my heart. 

xo

Do you have loved ones far away? 

I've hung my 'basket' on my front gate. 

Just a sweet reminder of lovely 

days ahead.

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'How fair is a garden amid the trials
and passions of existence.'

-Benjamin Disraeli- (1804-1881)

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 'I have a garden of my own
But so with roses overgrown,
And lilies, that you would it guess
To be a little wilderness.'

- Andrew Marvell -
'Occasional Poems' (1681)

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Every May Day I gathered a basket of flowers

and walked down the lane to slip them

on Mother and Father's door. 

They were my beloved neighbors

for 30 years. 

They loved the sweet, simple

things in life. 

I loved to brighten their day. 

I hope I have brightened yours, Dear Friends. 

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'A garden is the interface between the house

and the rest of civilization'. 

-Geoffrey Charlesworth, 

'A Gardener Obsessed' -1994

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'Gardens are a form of autobiography.'

- Sydney Eddison -

Horticulture Magazine - Aug.- Sept. 1993

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Happy, Happy May Day, Dear Friends! 

xoxo

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