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
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.
It is important from time to time
to slow down,
to go away by our self,
and simply be.
- Eileen Caddy
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
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
I Heard a Bird Sing
I heard a bird sing
In the dark of December
A magical thing
And sweet to remember:
"We are nearer to Spring
Than we were in September,"
I heard a bird sing
In the dark of December.
- Oliver Herford