Chapel at the American Rose Center, Shreveport, LA

How sweet on a clear, Sabbath morning,
To list to the clear ringing bell;
Its tones so sweetly are calling,
Oh, come to the church in the vale.

From the church in the valley by the wildwood,
When day fades away into night,
I would fain from this spot of my childhood
Wing my way to the mansions of light. - W S Pitts

Louisiana Roses

"I'd rather have roses on my table than diamonds on my neck." ~Emma Goldman

"Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses."~Alphonse Karr

But, I Thought It Was a Unicorn!!!

"When I was growing up my best friend was a unicorn
The others smiled at me and called me "crazy"

But I was not upset by knowing I did not conform

I always thought their seeing must be hazy.

The unicorn and I would while away the hours

Playing, dancing and romancing in the wild flowers

And we'd sing

Seeing is believing in the things you see

Loving is believing in the ones you love.

Seeing is believing in the things you see

Loving is believing in the ones you love.
- Peter, Paul and Mary

Easter Sunday

"Our Lord has written the promise of the resurrection, not in books alone, but in every leaf in spring-time." ~Martin Luther

Good Friday Planting

"Where man sees but withered

leaves, God sees sweet flowers growing." ~Albert Laighton

I've Got the Blues

"In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt." ~Margaret Atwood

Oh it's a blue world
It's a blue world
It takes somebody to help somebody

Oh it's a blue world
It's a new world
It needs somebody to love somebody

Oh it's a blue world - Moody Blues

Rock Me Gently

"Nature teaches more than she preaches. There are no sermons in stones. It is easier to get a spark out of a stone than a moral." ~John Burroughs

"How cunningly nature hides every wrinkle of her inconceivable antiquity under roses and violets and morning dew!" ~Ralph Waldo Emerson