It’s Day 3 of A Week of Flowers, hosted by Cathy from Words and Herbs. What a great idea to remind ourselves of the beginning of summer in these dreary days! It also reminds me that in six more months, these scenes will return again. It’s a beautiful world out there.
There’s an old Irish saying that goes: “Ar scáth a chéile a mhaireann na daoine.” A rough translation is that we live and thrive by sheltering in the shadow (support) of others.
I do love a good quote. Someone who said something which others found to be worth writing down to pass on to others, that I in turn want to pass on to others. I normally use Goodreads as my source, so I searched for “tree”. My favourite one is:
A society grows great when old men plant trees in whose shade they know they shall never sit.
Some Greek fella.
I hope to care for this lovely tree for quite a while, and leave it to someone else to sit in its shade some fine day long in the future. He or she might even write about it.
Joining in with Cathy’s Week of Flowers to brighten up the first week of December. You can find Cathy’s post here.
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