Earth Day...

When, really, are we going to start, as a society, taking responsibility for our stewardship? When will the planet that we live on become a priority over profits and convenience? When will we decide to turn the light of when we leave the room? Or to put solar panels on the roof instead of buying that new SUV? When will we decide that we cannot allow more nuclear power plants to be built, and be outraged that it is still even a conversation? When will we stop dumping our crap into the ocean? When will we commit to going without, even just a little bit, to facilitate all of this? When will we? I'm waiting with baited breath...suffocating.

XOXO
Yvette

2011

I Wish You A Year ~

where harmony reigns
where our lives intersect
where actions bear fruit
where dreams are multiplied
where good work is possible
where fears dissapate
where hatred abates
where wars end
where peace is contagious
where love has power
where leaders are selfless
where the earth is respected
where nature is calmed
where hunger is lessened
where we learn to forgive
where we act from compassion

-author unknown

XOXO
Yvette

Happy Sunday!

"When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other" - Chinese Proverb


XXX
Yvette

Happy Sunday!

"Gardening is, by its very nature, an expression of the triumph of optimism over experience. No matter how bad this year was, there's always next year. Experience doesn't count. Just because the carrots have been knobby, misshapen, and somewhat bitter for four years in a row doesn't mean they're going to be knobby and misshapen next year. No sir, next year you will (1) work in twice as much compost and peat; (2) plant a new, improved variety; or (3) get lucky. Or even better, you can forget carrots and plant something exotic like blue cauliflower in that bed. Because every year starts with a clean slate, and the phenomenon I call garden amnesia ensures eternal hope....

Blessedly, the voice of experience, the voice that should be crying, "Oh, puh-lease!" never pipes up in the garden. And I, for one, hope it never does. It is not wanted there."

- William Alexander "The $64 Tomato"


XXX
Yvette

Happy Earth Day!!!

If you want to be happy for an hour,
get drunk.
If you want to be happy for three days,
take a wife.
If you want to be happy for a week,
kill your pig and eat it.
But if you want to be happy for a lifetime,
become a gardener!

-CHINESE PROVERB

XXO Yvette