An April Day

Spring unlocks the flowers to paint the laughing soil.
Bishop Reginald Heber



Every spring is the only spring, a perpetual astonishment.
Ellis Peters





April hath put a spirit of youth in everything. -William Shakespeare






I love spring anywhere, but if I could choose I would always greet it in a garden. -Ruth Stout







April hath put a spirit of youth in everything.
William Shakespeare


 



An optimist is the human personification of spring. -Susan J. Bissonette






Never yet was a springtime, when the buds forgot to bloom. -Margaret Elizabeth Sangster






Spring makes its own statement, so loud and clear that the gardener seems to be only one of the instruments, not the composer. -Geoffrey B. Charlesworth






The beautiful spring came; and when Nature resumes her loveliness, the human soul is apt to revive also. -Harriet Ann Jacobs






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






What a strange thing! to be alive beneath cherry blossoms.
Kobayashi Issa









It’s spring fever. That is what the name of it is. And when you’ve got it, you want – oh, you don’t quite know what it is you do want, but it just fairly makes your heart ache, you want it so! -Mark Twain






All through the long winter, I dream of my garden. On the first day of spring, I dig my fingers deep into the soft earth. I can feel its energy, and my spirits soar.
Helen Hayes






Spring shows what God can do with a drab and dirty world. -Virgil A. Kraft




Jan

Wisteria and White Table

Wisteria, is there any other plant that is so hardy and so romantic?  Seeing it paired with white makes it that much more romantic, if possible.  It may only last a day or two after cutting it for displaying on a table, vignette or mantel but that makes it that much more special.  The vintage glasses I am using, are displaying the wisteria in a quiet and opulent way.  Coconut cake pairs so well with the light wispy table setting.



White dishes with mismatched salad plates make for a pretty mix.








Silver pitchers on a silver tray hold the pretty wisteria.








You don't have to spend alot of money to have a pretty table.







The wisteria is from the backyard.  You can pick up a set of white plates for a song.  White plates are really good to have on hand.  They are neutral and you can pair them with virtually anything.








Then top them off with a smaller plate of your choosing.  Your smaller/salad plates can be different sizes and colors. Be sure to blend with your smaller plates or salad plates.  I have different shades of lavender, purple, an almost grape color and pink here.  You can see they all go together but don't match.








The smaller plates bring the table to life.  The colors from the wisteria and the plates bring a lot of interest to the table without spending your savings!








This is a virtually no cost table to have in the Spring.



















































































Jan