![Daffodil bud Daffodil bud](https://www.catchingthemagic.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/IMG_1686-400x600.jpg)
I think that no matter how old or infirm I may become, I will always plant a large garden in the spring. Who can resist the feelings of hope and joy that one gets from participating in nature’s rebirth?
~Edward Giobbi
![New life unfurling New life unfurling](https://www.catchingthemagic.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/IMG_1692-600x400.jpg)
And Spring arose on the garden fair,
Like the Spirit of Love felt everywhere;
And each flower and herb on Earth’s dark breast
rose from the dreams of its wintry rest.
~Percy Bysshe Shelley, “The Sensitive Plant”
![Driving through herbs Driving through herbs](https://www.catchingthemagic.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/IMG_1677-600x400.jpg)
Awake, thou wintry earth –
Fling off thy sadness!
Fair vernal flowers, laugh forth
Your ancient gladness!
~Thomas Blackburn, “An Easter Hymn”
![New buds on the blueberry bushes New buds on the blueberry bushes](https://www.catchingthemagic.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/IMG_1682-600x400.jpg)
Science has never drummed up quite as effective a tranquilizing agent as a sunny spring day.
~W. Earl Hall
![Charlotte happy with her lavender posy Charlotte happy with her lavender posy](https://www.catchingthemagic.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/IMG_1660-600x439.jpg)
Yesterday the twig was brown and bare;
To-day the glint of green is there;
Tomorrow will be leaflets spare;
I know no thing so wondrous fair,
No miracle so strangely rare.
I wonder what will next be there!
~L.H. Bailey
![First green buds on the silver birch tree First green buds on the silver birch tree](https://www.catchingthemagic.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/IMG_1649-600x399.jpg)
Spring shows what God can do with a drab and dirty world.
~Virgil A. Kraft
![Sweet bud of spring Sweet bud of spring](https://www.catchingthemagic.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/IMG_1673-600x400.jpg)
The seasons are what a symphony ought to be: four perfect movements in harmony with each other.
~Arthur Rubenstein
![Swinging into Spring Swinging into Spring](https://www.catchingthemagic.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/IMG_1703-600x400.jpg)
‘Ba ba, ma ma, dribble and drool, did someone say Spring?!’
~Alice (6 and a half months)
![Alice rocking into Spring Alice rocking into Spring](https://www.catchingthemagic.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Recently-Updated56-600x375.jpg)
Let us take a walk along the garden path and dance amongst the pansies.
![Dance amongst the pansies Dance amongst the pansies](https://www.catchingthemagic.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Recently-Updated57-600x375.jpg)
Spring shows what God can do with a drab and dirty world. ~Virgil A. Kraft