Sitting with quiet, folded hands,
content and peaceful
And smiling a mysterious promise,
My winter garden waits.
- Caroline Giltinan
Welcome to the Enclosed Garden of Susan Ernst. Literal as well as figurative, this blog explores the physical gardens which I cultivate, the spiritual garden within, and the intellectual garden of horticultural knowledge gathered through decades of study, observation and practice. Come and sit with me for a while. Let us together marvel at the delicate, intricate beauty of a flower.
Sunday, January 25, 2015
Sunday Morning Quote for January 25, 2015
Sunday, January 18, 2015
Sunday Morning Quote for January 18, 2015
Oh Winter! Ruler of the inverted year -
I crown thee king of intimate delights,
fireside enjoyments,
home-born happiness,
And all the comforts that the lowly roof
of undisturbed retirement,
and the hours of long
uninterrupted evening know...
- William Cowper, from The Task
I crown thee king of intimate delights,
fireside enjoyments,
home-born happiness,
And all the comforts that the lowly roof
of undisturbed retirement,
and the hours of long
uninterrupted evening know...
- William Cowper, from The Task
Sunday, January 11, 2015
Sunday Morning Quote for January 11, 2015
Night
Stars over snow,
And in the west a planet
Swinging below a star -
Look for a lovely thing and you will find it,
It is not far -
It never will be far.
- Sara Teasdale
Sunday, January 4, 2015
Sunday Morning Quote for January 4, 2015
I do not wonder at the snowflake, a shell, a summer landscape, or the glory of the stars;
but at the necessity of beauty under which the universe lies.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Sunday, December 28, 2014
Sunday Morning Quote for December 28, 2014
It is important from time to time
to slow down,
to go away by our self,
and simply be.
- Eileen Caddy
Wishing you a cozy winter season of relaxed time to yourself. - Susan
Sunday, December 21, 2014
Sunday Morning Quote for December 21, 2014
The first fall of snow is not only an event, it is a magical event. You go to bed in one kind of world and wake up in another quite different, and if this is not without enchantment then where is it to be found?
- J.B. Priestly
Wishing you an enchanting winter season. - Susan
Sunday, December 14, 2014
Sunday Morning Quote for December 14, 2015
As we approach the Winter Solstice ...
To Know the DarkTo go in the dark with a light
is to know the light.
To know the dark, go dark.
Go without sight,
and find that the dark, too,
blooms and sings,
and is traveled
by dark feet
and dark wings.
- Wendell Berry
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