Home of the Practically Perfect Pink Phlox and other native plants for pollinators

Tuesday, January 1, 2013

My Dear Gardening Friends,


I hope this day is the start of a wonderful year for all of you.


* from Ralph Waldo Emerson
Gail Eichelberger is a gardener and therapist in Middle Tennessee. She loves wildflowers and native plants and thoroughly enjoys writing about the ones she grows at Clay and Limestone. She reminds all that the words and images are the property of the author and cannot be used without written permission.

40 comments:

  1. Replies
    1. Thank you Donna, I hope this is a great gardening year for you.

      Delete
  2. Happy New Year my friend! xxx

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. I sure hope I get to see you sometime soon! xo

      Delete
  3. Let is be so, as she waves the Wand of Wonder over the Earth! Whoosh! May 2013 be the best year ever for you and yours, dear Gail.
    xoxoxo
    Frances

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Thank you Frances. Wishing the same for you and also that an Amtrak train start traveling through TN so we can visit more. xoxoxo

      Delete
  4. Thank you Gail. I have my garden journal at the ready. Let the gardening year begin. :) I hope all is well and good through out the entire year in your native surroundings.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Thank you Lisa and thank you for your always wonderful comments. You are a treasure!

      Delete
  5. Same to you dear Gail.

    FlowerLady Lorraine

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Lorraine, I hope this year is filled with fun for you.

      Delete
  6. Happy New Year - I hope 2013 is kind to you and yours

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Thank you Helen, I sure wish I could pop over for a visit to see you all this year.

      Delete
  7. Thank you, Gail. I think we gardeners have a better than average chance of finding joy every day, even when we are not in the garden because we are always attending, and paying attendion.

    ReplyDelete
  8. Same here Gail! Hope you have a wonderful year!

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. I am hopping Texas gets all the rain it needs this year!

      Delete
  9. Thanks Gail, same to you. Enjoy!

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. I think it's going to be a great year for all of us.

      Delete
  10. Same to you, Gail. Best wishes!

    ReplyDelete
  11. Happy New Year, with Wildflower Wednesdays all the way!

    ReplyDelete
  12. Happy New Year Gail. I look forward to another year of wildflowers with you.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Happy New Year back at you...I say let this be the year for more wildflowers.

      Delete
  13. Happy new year to you as well.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. I hope your year is filled with even more marvelous photo ops!

      Delete
  14. What a wonderful sentiment! Happy New Year to you, too, Gail!

    ReplyDelete
  15. Happy New Year to you also, Gail! I'm going to try to be a better blogger this year and post more about natives:)

    ReplyDelete
  16. All the best for you this year, too, Gail! I'm hoping to join in for more Wildflower Wednesdays in the months ahead. Cheers!

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Happy New Year to you and I do hope you are able to celebrate WW with us.

      Delete
  17. Happy New Year Gail!! I love the picture above with the clouds and trees!

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Hope this year brings you a lot of joy in your new blogging adventure.

      Delete
  18. Yes, that's just the approach I plan to take to 2013. I am newly retired at a youngish age, and I plan to make the best of it!

    ReplyDelete

"Insects are the little things that run the world." Dr. E O Wilson