There was an old lady from Leeds Who swallowed a packet of seeds: In less than an hour Her face was a flower, And her hair was a tangle of weeds.
A Yorkshireman bought a house that had stood empty for many years, and the garden was as you'd expect. He worked flat out for 12 months, and the following summer, it was as pretty as a picture. The vicar stopped to admire, and said to the gardener: "What glory man and the Almighty can produce when they work together." "Aye, well," grunted the gardener, "it were a reet mess when t'Almighty had it to hisself."
I vaguely remember one regarding being careful when tending borders, along the lines of "Gardeners' hands nuture plants but their feet destroy them." (apols if apostrophe wrong.)
A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
Obelixx said: Audrey Hepburn "To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow."
I LOVE this. Audrey Hepburn did have some great ways of putting things. I watched a program on tele one time about her life and career and she said some of the most beautiful things in those interviews. What a lovely person she was inside, as well as being so beautiful on the outside. Her amazing talent was just frosting on that lovely cake.
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Who swallowed a packet of seeds:
In less than an hour
Her face was a flower,
And her hair was a tangle of weeds.
A Yorkshireman bought a house that had stood empty for many years, and the garden was as you'd expect. He worked flat out for 12 months, and the following summer, it was as pretty as a picture. The vicar stopped to admire, and said to the gardener: "What glory man and the Almighty can produce when they work together." "Aye, well," grunted the gardener, "it were a reet mess when t'Almighty had it to hisself."
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And, I believe, an aphorism of American origin: an apple without cheese is like a kiss without a squeeze.
In turn that reminded me of the definition of a yank:
To the British, a Yank is an American.
To Americans, a Yank is a Northerner.
To northerners, a Yank is an Easterner.
To easterners, a Yank is an New Englander.
To New Englanders, a Yank is a Vermonter.
And in Vermont, a Yank is somebody who eats apple pie for breakfast.