Committed Quote by Mirabel Osler

“Sitting in your garden is a feat to be worked at with unflagging determination and single-mindedness. . . . I am deeply committed to sitting in the garden.” quote by Mirabel Osler — Download Open image

“Sitting in your garden is a feat to be worked at with unflagging determination and single-mindedness. . . . I am deeply committed to sitting in the garden.”

Mirabel Osler

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