tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656676447117981125.post5750735959880660490..comments2014-05-06T09:54:23.723-04:00Comments on The Last Leaf Gardener: Earth laughs in flowers?The Last Leaf Gardenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05911264708148372608noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656676447117981125.post-91044550459794229532012-06-01T23:55:56.276-04:002012-06-01T23:55:56.276-04:00Hi, Steve, thanks for taking the time to visit TLL...Hi, Steve, thanks for taking the time to visit TLLG on Blogger and for your thoughtful comment. The things I grow in my urban (NYC) container garden and I truly appreciate it! <br /><br />As for the "earth laughs in flowers," quote, well . . . you know what "they" say about having the last laugh . . .The Last Leaf Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05911264708148372608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656676447117981125.post-41700592894574911442012-06-01T23:32:52.833-04:002012-06-01T23:32:52.833-04:00Good for you! I began running across the sound bit...Good for you! I began running across the sound bite "Earth laughs in flowers" on various websites last year. Like you, I tracked down the source and was intrigued to find that those words in the original had a very different sense from the one that they seem to convey in isolation. That's the Internet: someone puts something up that's either incorrect or misleading, and hundreds of people copy it with no attempt to verify its validity, even in cases where the original is easy to find.Steve Schwartzmanhttp://portraitsofwildflowers.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com