My Tulips And Daffodils Want to Meet You

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" I love tulips better than any other spring flower; they are

the embodiment of alert cheerfulness and tidy grace. . . "

ELIZABETH VON ARNIM

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" But I have always thought that these tulips must have had names.
They are red, and orange and red, and red and orange and yellow,
like the ember in a nursery fire of a winter's evening. I remember them. "
NEIL GAIMAN, Coraline

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"When at last I took the time to look into the heart of a flower,

it opened up a whole new world; a world where every country walk

would be an adventure, where every garden would become

an enchanted one. "

PRINCESS GRACE OF MONACO  

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" We come from the earth.

We return to the earth. And in

between we garden. "

UNKNOWN

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" The kiss of the sun for pardon,

The song of the birds for mirth,

One is nearer God's heart in a garden

Than anywhere else on earth. "

DOROTHY FRANCES GURNEY, Garden Thoughts

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" It's a spring fever. That is what the name of it is.

And when you've got it, you want to — oh, you don't

quite know what it is you do want, but it just fairly makes

your heart ache, you want it so! "

MARK TWAIN

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If you've read earlier posts, you'll recall that we planted spring bulbs in pots last fall and housed them in the garage over winter. When a few pots of early bloomers started opening in March—long before it was safe to put them outdoors—Rick brought them in and set them by our front window for us to enjoy. Our weather has at last swung into spring mode, and the later blooming pots are now sitting outside in the sunshine. I keep popping out to take another grateful look....as you can imagine, I'm over the moon....jubilant....happy.

To wrap up, I'm sharing a quotation that isn't about flowers, but about keeping the bloom in friendships. If you've got a quirky mind like me, I think you will see that it fits just fine here today. Although my family might laugh to hear me say I don't really enjoy conversations by telephone, it's true, my mind is much more at ease finding things to say when I can write them. In these quiet days of isolation, I've taken up my pen to hand write more notes than I have in a long while (I connect more online in this day and age). My heart giggles as I drop the envelopes in the post, knowing someone is going to hopefully get a lift in spirits when they look in their letter box. 

" A friendship can weather most things and thrive in thin soil;

but it needs a little mulch of letters and phone calls and small, silly

presents every so often—just to save it from drying out completely. "

PAM BROWN

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On that note, I'm wishing you a beautiful day, dear friends.

Heart Hugs,

Brenda

xox