Lavender and Old Lace

"come into the garden. . . the cloistered spot where golden lilies tinkled, thrushes sang, and every leaf breathed peace." 'Lavender and Old Lace' ~Myrtle Reed~

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Location: Oregon, United States

"I've always thought my flowers had souls. . . they seem like real people to me. I've seen the roses rubbing their cheeks together as if they loved eachother, and the forget-me-nots are little blue-eyed children, half afraid of rest." 'Lavender and Old Lace' ~Myrtle Reed~

Monday, February 06, 2006

A Book I Really Enjoyed

Gardening has become a beloved passtime over the past three years. When the weather or living conditions don't accomodate this passtime, I spend the time I would otherwise have used to garden in reading garden books. A friend gave me the book "Tasha Tudor's Garden" as a farewell gift when my family moved. It has been a great source of enjoyment to me over the past two months. I am now brimming with all sorts of new ideas for when I have a bit of land all my own in which I can garden.

One of the best parts of this book are the full page color photographs and the Tasha Tudor paintings that have been incorporated into its pages. I have enjoyed reading Tasha illustrated books, and now I can see where her inspiration for all the flowers she paints has come from. Tasha's garden is brim full with almost every bloom you could imagine, it is very inspiring to an amateure gardener like myself. I can hardly wait for spring to come, I'm going to have a grand time of it planting flowers and vegetables etc., though I'm afraid my gardens will have to be limited to containers as yard space is going to be limited. This will give me a chance to explore the world of container gardening, something that I haven't had the joy of doing previously.