We are stardust,
We are golden,
And we've got to get ourselves back to the garden.    Joni Mitchell

This is the way life works on earth. Every living thing is a spark of sunlight energy, a crystal bead in the net of life.   Steve Van Matre

Lungwort

You might not have seen an ant since last fall, but let one peony bud appear...

I trust in Nature for the stable laws of beauty and utility.
Spring shall plant and Autumn garner to the ends of time.
Robert Browning

What a pity flowers can utter no sound! A singing rose, 
a whispering violet, a murmuring honeysuckle ...
oh, what a rare and exquisite miracle would these be! 
Henry Ward Beecher

blueberries in waiting

euphorbia - always be careful pruning

The sun, with all those planets revolving around it and dependent on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as if it had nothing else in the universe to do.  Galileo

And when your back stops aching and your hands begin to harden . . . You will find yourself a partner in the Glory of the Garden.   Rudyard Kipling

Soft, soft ferns were not there last week

Bright Japanese maple flowers

"The air is like a butterfly
With frail blue wings.
The happy earth looks at the sky
And sings."
Joyce Kilmer, Spring

Gardening is about enjoying the smell of things growing in the soil, getting dirty without feeling guilty, and generally taking the time to soak up a little peace and serenity.  Lindley Karstens, noproblemgarden.com

wonderful hostas poking their noses up