winter
January 31
"In the apparently dull months of Winter, we have all the pleasures which expectation and the conception of infinite possibilities can give." Harry Roberts The Chronicles of a Cornish Garden 1901
from: Martin Hoyles "The Gardener's Perpetual Almanack; a book of days." Thames & Hudson 1997
I bought it way back in 2002, mail order as it was then.
I'm not sure but I think I did read it daily that first year, or as close to daily as I could manage back then. What with two small boys, painting in the studio, a house and large garden to run.....These days the almanack is in the downstairs loo and I forget about it until I don't and start reading. I love today's quote for it sums up my ideal garden which has never materialised but is always on the verge of happening. Especially in Winter which to me holds so much promise. I have come to love and appreciate all the seasons since moving to the countryside.
fiddling, playing, working on new stuff (not showing here yet) for exhibition in April.....
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