Garden And Musings

Website by the Spider Dali

Behind every great man is a woman rolling her eyes.

When in doubt, tell the truth.

It's wiser to find out than to suppose.

Warning: Dates on the calendar are closer than they appear.

Work expands to fill the available time.

He almost had a psychic girlfriend, but she    dumped him before they met.       

Choose Life

The inner light is the most important.

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Whoever said it's not whether you win or lose probably lost.

Whether you believe you can or you believe you can't, you're probably right.

It takes less time to do it right than to explain why you did it wrong.

The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.

Good judgment comes from experience. Experience often comes from bad judgment.

If you didn't know how old you are, how old would you be?

She said, "I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong."

Talk is cheap because supply exceeds demand.

The use of common sense is an uncommon practice.

The opposite of talking isn't listening. The opposite of talking is waiting.

And then along came Autumn.

Garden Vignettes

All the pictures on this post were taken by
film and TV designer Giovanna Melton.

 

                                   Couronne Du  Soliel

                            Les Sylphides

                     La Belle Danseuse

                       Moment Supreme

  Aunt Mildred said, "I call these here fried
  egg flowers. Cause they look s'much like
  fried eggs."

   Steve Martin said, "A day without
   sunshine is like, you know, night."

  The whole bunch of them were as close
  as peas in a pod. Everybody knew it.

           The sensitive tendrils wrap
           around everything they
           touch. The prize is on the
           other side of the dark passage.

  "Glory be," she whispered on an
   in-breath. "That's Earl hunkered
   down in the dark behind that tree.
   He thinks I can't see him." 
   Edna reached in her purse and
   pulled out a gun. 

  As you leave the party and start down
  the stairway. It hits you, the perfect
  crippling put down you should
  have said.

  Did you see the unicorn right there
  in the center? It was just for a second.

 

           

Vent Vert

   "Green how I want you green,
   green wind, green branches."

    Green is the color of money.
  Going for the green, means
  making more money.

 

           Green is the color of spring.

       The color green is nourishing
       to your health.

           Green is the color of ecology.
          

           Green is the symbol of fertility.

  Green was the preferred color for 
  wedding gowns in the 15th century.

 Green M&Ms candy are said to send
 a sexual message.

   Because of the popularity of absinthe
   in the 1860's, the Parisian cafes
   established 5PM as "L'Heure Verte"
   The Green Hour.

 Green in the language, Green Thumb,
 To get the green Light, Greenbacks,
 Greenhorn, Greener Pastures,
 Green With Envy.

            In Arthurian legends, green
            signifies mystical or 
            magical properties.

         In the Aztec culture, green was
         the color of royalty.

  Green plants visually recede.  

  When working with green 
   in Feng Shui it is important
   to have several different
   shades.

           Egyptians wore green eyeliner.
           Green eye shades are still in use.

           In the color spectrum visible to
           the human eye, green occupies
           the most space.
  
     

  In Japan, green is regarded as the
  color of eternal life.

          Green symbolizes the life force.

           Green is a restful color.

           Green is the color associated
           with regeneration.

    

               Yellow Orchids, Green Wind

  Black Dahlia, Green Wind

            The breath of the Green Dragon