Ordinary Wonderment

Coral Rose.

The best place to seek God is in a garden. You can dig for him there. ~George Bernard Shaw

Today's Joy: The Garden, Revisited.

Whew! After a wonderful but crazy-busy weekend, it's so nice to be able to relax again. I popped out to see the garden after working a very early shift this morning, Reader. It was like visiting a new and gorgeous oasis. I can't stop marveling over the changes that take place in nature and Creation, right under our noses. Today, the delphiniums are in full, fabulous bloom around the house and the roses are wide open to the world, having burst into their full glory sometime over the weekend.

There's both pride and humility in watching a garden evolve through the season. When your plants bloom right on cue, treating the neighbors to a show-stopping display, your head can't help but swell a little. However, it quickly deflates when you realize, after a few days away, that the garden does just fine without you, thank you very much. Just a reminder that you may be the founder of this little growing enterprise, but your plants are busy staging a benign takeover.

Enjoy your afternoon, Reader. Hope your Tuesday is full of unfurling joy.

Aunt's Herb Garden.


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



Chamomile & Irises in Herb Garden.


I think that if ever a mortal heard the voice of God it would be in a garden at the cool of the day. ~ F. Frankfort Moore, A Garden of Peace


God Is In The Details, Delphinium, June, 2010.

Delphiniums, June 1st, 2010.

Gerbera Daisies in Galoshes.

Tortoise Under the Birdbath.

Gardens are a form of autobiography. ~ Sydney Eddison, Horticulture magazine, August/September 1993

Garden Quotes courtesy of The Quote Garden.