by Dennis Footman | Sep 1, 2019 | Uncategorized
“Keep me true to the trees, faithful to the grasses, Let me not traduce the birds, betray the faith of the roses, nor hurt the heart of the daffodils… Keep me fit for stars and twilights, answering to the blue night-shadows. Set me free to be caressed of...
by Dennis Footman | Sep 16, 2018 | Garden, Uncategorized
“We are all but recent leaves on the same old tree of life and if this life has adapted itself to new functions and conditions, it uses the same old basic principles over and over again. There is no real difference between the grass and the man who mows...
by Dennis Footman | Apr 1, 2018 | Uncategorized
“Spring makes its own statement, so loud and clear that the gardener seems to be only one of the instruments, not the composer.” ~ Geoffrey B. Charlesworth April already and before you know it….. it will soon be Christmas (sorry). Although before...
by Dennis Footman | Feb 11, 2018 | Uncategorized
“On the wind in February Snowflakes float still, Half inclined to turn to rain, Nipping, dripping, chill.” ~Christina Georgina Rossetti, “A Year’s Windfalls,” 1866 February, what a wonderful month it is. Of course, there will be a few of...
by Dennis Footman | Dec 29, 2017 | Uncategorized
As we all sit down to enjoy the Christmas festivities, many will be fearing the future, the present and also questioning their past. When I say all will be enjoying, there will of course be many that will not be able too because of factors outside out of there control...
