Evening in the Garden...

One of my favorite late afternoon ambles leads me to one of the gardens nearby.  I have planted a few things there, to which I tend.  It is quiet, green, and cool...I often feel like Adam and Eve who went "walking in the garden in the cool of the day" with God, as it is a special place to pray.  My soul always feels closer to God when I am surrounded by His thrilling colors and ingenious creativity in sky, mountains, fauna, and growing things.


Imagine, then, my delight when I found this gem of a poesy on the first page of a rather curious little book. 

A garden is a lovesome thing, God wot!

Rose plot,

Fringed pool,

Fern'd grot--

The veriest School

Of peace; and yet the fool

Contends that God is not--

Not God! in gardens! when the eve is cool?

Nay, but I have a sign;

'Tis very sure God walks in mine.

~Thomas E. Brown

Regrettably, there are no rose plots, fringed pools, or fern'd grots in any of my little gardens--and I have no idea what "wot" means--but this is one of my most favorite little literary packages ever!