The World of Everything that Grows.
Summertime and the livin’ is easy. The Illinois skies filled with billowy ivory clouds against a crystalline blue rival the big skies of Texas that enthralled Georgia O’Keeffe and me. I cannot remember a more beautiful summer. Temperatures during the day have been a perfect 72 degrees. All things being Continue Reading
“He who would have beautiful roses in his garden must have beautiful roses in his heart.†Reverend Dean Hole Rev. Dean Hole of the Royal National Rose Society said in his legendary text “A Book About Roses†published more than 100 years ago, “He who would have roses in Continue Reading
“Bees do have a smell, you know, and if they don’t they should, for their feet are dusted with spices from a million flowers.†― Ray Bradbury, Dandelion Wine  Bees make us happy. We need these tiny workers. The sound of bees going about the business of feeding the Continue Reading
The beautiful spring came: and when Nature resumes her loveliness, the human soul is apt to revive also ~ Harriet Ann Jacobs Every bloom cycle is special but there is something glorious about the first bloom of spring. The world is glorious and bursting with new birth. This year the Continue Reading
“Love planted a rose and the world turned sweet “ Katherine Lee Bates June was declared National Rose Month by Ronald Reagan in 1986. Don Ballin, past president of the Northeastern Illinois Rose Society was the President of the American Rose Society at the time. I was a member of Continue Reading