Serenity in the Garden

Plants are always talking - you just have to take the time to listen. Eeyore is very wise. They peek their heads out and say, 'Hey look at me!' They hang over the edge of a planter and look up saying, 'Happy Summer!" And they grow in a bunch holding forth to anyone who hears them.... Thank you, A.A. Milne.

ox eye daisy  Weeds are flowers too, once you get to know them.’ – A.A. Milne ox eye daisies in Ohio

My mother would read this poem to me when I was a young child in a NY city apartment. I loved it although I had not a clue what a geranium or delphinium was.   The Dormouse and the Doctor by  A.A. Milne There once was a Dormouse who lived in a bed Of delphiniums (blue) and geraniums (red) And all the day long he'd a wonderful view Of geraniums (red) and delphiniums (blue) Doctor came hurrying round, and he said: "Tut-tut, I am sorry to find you in bed. Just say 'Ninety-nine', while I look at your chest... Don't you find that chrysanthemums answer the best?" The Dormouse looked round at the view and replied (When he'd said "Ninety-nine") that he'd tried and he'd tried, And much the most answering things that he knew Were geraniums (red) and delphiniums (blue). The Doctor stood frowning and shaking his head, And he took up his shiny silk hat as he said: "What the patient re...

Solitude I have a house where I go When there's too many people, I have a house where I go Where no one can be; I have a house where I go, Where nobody ever says 'No'; Where no one says anything- so There is no one but me.   Alan Alexander Milne

"Half-way between Pooh's house and Piglet's house was a thoughtful spot where they met sometimes when they had decided to go and see each other, and as it was warm and out of the wind they would sit down there for a little and wonder what they would do now that they had seen each other.  One day when they had decided not to do anything, Pooh made up a verse about it, so that everybody should know what the place was for.  This warm and sunny Spot Belongs to Pooh. And here he wonders what He's going to do. Oh, bother, I forgot-- It's Piglet's too." - 'House At Pooh Corner' by A.A. Milne (who knew the value of a Thoughtful Spot)