We are living in a world that is absolutely transparent and God is shining through it all the time... in people and in things and in nature and in events... but we don't see it.
- Thomas Merton (1915-1968), Trappist Monk
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, August 31, 2014
Sunday, August 24, 2014
Sunday Morning Quote for August 24, 2014
It is the marriage of the soul with
Nature that makes the intellect fruitful,
and gives birth to imagination.
- Henry David Thoreau
Sunday, August 17, 2014
Sunday Morning Quote - August 17, 2014
"I don't know how anyone can live without finding some small place of enchantment to turn to."
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
Sunday, August 10, 2014
Sunday Morning Quote - August 10, 2014
We are the children of our landscape;
it dictates behavior and even thought
in the measure to which we are responsive to it.
Lawrence Durrell, Novelist
Thursday, August 7, 2014
A Prayer for Today
Lord, today may I not worry.
May I enjoy all the beauty before me.
I realize there is so much -
so much beauty I will miss.
Help me be satisfied with the beauty I choose to see today
and be content with it.
Thank you Creator God for my life,
for this day,
for this place,
for these circumstances,
for this moment.
Amen
Tuesday, August 5, 2014
Hawk Visit Today
I saw this hawk from the kitchen window and grabbed the camera. He landed on top of the blueberry enclosure. He preened himself for a while, stretched his wings and looked around before flying off.
Isn't he a beauty?
Sunday, August 3, 2014
Sunday Morning Quote - August 3, 2014
While you are upon earth,
enjoy the good things
that are here.
John Selden, English Statesman (1584-1654)
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