As I work among my flowers, I find myself talking to them, reasoning a…

Celia Thaxter
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As I work among my flowers, I find myself talking to them, reasoning and remonstrating with them, and adoring them as if they were human beings. Much laughter I provoke among my friends by so doing, but that is of no consequence. We are on such good terms, my flowers and I. ✨ Celia Thaxter (2008). An Island Garden, p.92, Applewood Books
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