tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post5828099907725329596..comments2024-03-29T06:46:10.487-04:00Comments on Studio and Garden: Spring RitualsAltoon Sultanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16743040814034732581noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post-38290335390229051092011-04-28T17:41:54.977-04:002011-04-28T17:41:54.977-04:00thanks for the comments, Ms. Wis. and Hannah. A fr...thanks for the comments, Ms. Wis. and Hannah. A friend sent me a Jane Kenyon quote about laundry hung outdoors: "At dusk I took the blanket in and we slept, restless, under its fragrant weight."<br />I think I should read May Sarton again; it's been years since I read "Journal of a Solitude".Altoon Sultanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16743040814034732581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post-10073986087872588202011-04-28T16:59:19.253-04:002011-04-28T16:59:19.253-04:00Altoon, I've read a lot about gardening, but n...Altoon, I've read a lot about gardening, but never met with the "peanut butter wraps" until your post! I think that the act of burying the seed in soil is one of pure faith, the belief that something green will emerge from the stillness contained in the seed. Your vivid yellow daffodils remind me of May Sarton's "Journal of a Solitude." An avid gardener, she loved to write about her daffodils.Hannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09461148136578592965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post-26139525123618818472011-04-27T22:29:33.985-04:002011-04-27T22:29:33.985-04:00I can just about smell that clean laundry smell; y...I can just about smell that clean laundry smell; yummy. Still more cold and rainy here than anything else. I did not know how that fencing works so was interested in that insight. I did put out my rain gauge but I am not back in the habit of checking it and don't know exactly what rain fell when; just know the tube has over an inch in it tonight!LINDA from Each Little Worldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02380944603357066650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post-20803715659955306382011-04-27T21:46:53.150-04:002011-04-27T21:46:53.150-04:00thanks rappel, but I certainly don't feel wise...thanks rappel, but I certainly don't feel wise, practiced maybe. <br />Julie, spring is with you in the city too, isn't it?Altoon Sultanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16743040814034732581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post-11680688924663262742011-04-27T20:45:08.045-04:002011-04-27T20:45:08.045-04:00Very heartening, I will live vicariously!Very heartening, I will live vicariously!Julie Siegelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17668542359534413638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post-54853931185250659142011-04-27T20:00:24.679-04:002011-04-27T20:00:24.679-04:00what a beautiful, heartfelt account of spring -- s...what a beautiful, heartfelt account of spring -- seen through accumulated wisdom!rappelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03569445602513667186noreply@blogger.com