Beauty Parade-2008

Picture is worth a thousand words; how true! I am lost for words looking at these beauties and having a hard time picking a favourite. They are all very competitive, dressed up so elegantly and parading gracefully in the wind!

If you think you could pick a winner among these beauties, parading in my garden-please, let me know!

Thanks for trying!

-VeeraMahal FRANKLIN

Fruits- Gifts...of Heavens and Earth

Are they indeed fruits of my labor? Looking at them made me realize they are really gifts from the heavens and earth.

I devour them more with my eyes than with my palate. The scents of ripe peach on the tree permeate through my breath into brain reaching for my soul.......

Is gardening an effort to recreate Eden?

May be deep within our soul we have the image imprinted, the scents embedded of a wonderful past, happy childhood of human race. That may explain why we feel so happy and close to God when we work in the garden- just sit and look around or even just listen with eyes closed- it feels like heaven! Of course, isn't that the inner-most motivation buried under all the worldly worries- seek heaven-peace, unconditional love and happiness?

We all do have a piece of heaven in our own garden!

-by VeeraMahal FRANKLIN

Independence Celebration!

We have a lot to celebrate; long gone are slavery and colonialism. We are all one-human race; in almighty God we trust!