THE VILLAGE VOICE

"The first of April, some do say, Is set apart for All Fools' Day. But why the people call it so, Nor I, nor they themselves do kno...

“If I can put one touch of rosy sunset into the life of any man or woman, I shall feel that I have worked with God." ~ G. K. Chesterton...

"The true harbinger of spring is not crocuses or swallows returning to Capistrano, but the sound of the bat on the ball." - Bill ...

“To be interested in the changing seasons is a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring." ~ George Santayana __...

"By a garden is meant mystically a place of spiritual repose, stillness, peace, refreshment, delight ." ~ John Henry Cardinal Newm...

" It is probable that the lemon is the most valuable of all fruit for preserving health. " ~ Maud Grieve ( A Modern Herbal - 1931...

" The snow doesn't give a soft white damn whom it touches. " ~ e.e. cummings ~ Lily in the snow _____________ FRENCH SPLIT PE...

~ Pansy in the snow ______________ Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year (1943) Music Written By: Frank Loesser Lyrics Written By: Fra...

" And the spring comes slowly up this way. " ~ Samuel Taylor Coleridge ~ Lone blue iris _________ BLACK FOREST HAM, PROVOLONE ...

" On Easter Day the veil between time and eternity thins to gossamer. " ~Douglas Horton ~ 'Snow white' Easter lily ~ Easte...

"Easter spells out beauty, the rare beauty of new life." ~S.D. Gordon ASPARAGUS and GOAT CHEESE QUICHE ~ retro is back and real m...

"Don't plant seed too soon, Consult the moon." ~ Nicholas Culpepper (English herbalist) Snow Crust Moon Bebookwaadaagame - gii...

LEGEND of the DOGWOOD An old and beautiful legend has it that, at the time of the crucifixion, the dogwood was comparable in size to the o...

~ 'The Right of Spring' ( Vernal equinox ~ Hubbard Lake, Michigan)

~ Sunrise at Black Star Farms ( Suttons Bay, Michigan) _____________________ For lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; The fl...