“I get up on a glorious summer morning and gaze out at the new day. With all the strongest and deepest instincts of my nature I long to go out into the green beauty of the world, to fling myself down in some sloping meadow and feel the sunshine envelop me and the warm winds pass over me, to see them tossing the grasses and tugging at the trees and driving the white clouds across the blue, and to feel the great earth revolving under me — for if you lie long enough you can really get the sense of sailing through space.”

~Elisabeth Woodbridge Morris, “On Taking One’s Dessert First” (American author and professor; 1870 – 1964)

This summer, I hope you are finding some time each day to step outside and savor the moments with childlike wonder! We can help with the setting . . . .

This was our view the other evening after a delightful summer rain shower. I don’t know if I have ever seen such a clear and expansive rainbow, certainly not over our home!

What a generous blessing to be able to experience fleeting and beautiful gifts like these, just outside our door!

Gratefully shared by Betty Hanselman

Gardener’s wife (& garden beauty beneficiary)

“There on the hills of summer let me lie
On the cool grass in friendship with the sky.
Let me lie there in love with earth and sun,
And wonder up at the light-foot winds that run,
Stirring the delicate edges of the trees,
And shaking down a music of the seas.”
~Edwin Markham, “At Friends with Life” (American poet, poet laureate of Oregon; 1852 – 1940)

“Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under the trees on a summer’s day, listening to the murmur of water, or watching the clouds float across the blue sky, is by no means waste of time.”

~John Lubbock (English banker, politician, and biologist; 1834 – 1913)

Can we help you create a special place of rest for your body, mind, and spirit in summer and every other season of the year? It would be our joy to turn your back yard into a garden retreat. Let’s get started! Call us at 717-653-1273.

Shared by Betty Hanselman

Gardener’s wife (& advocate of summer idleness)