Flower Quote by Jan Struther

“The worst of gardening is that it's so full of metaphors one hardly knows where to begin.” quote by Jan Struther — Download Open image

“The worst of gardening is that it's so full of metaphors one hardly knows where to begin.”

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swans ... always look as though they'd just been reading their own fan-mail.

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