Mickey the Gnome

“Snails may seem to you like varmints when you think your plants should stay pristine. I say that anyone that can carry their home around on their back all day deserves a leaf or two now and then.”

“It’s easy to get green with envy when looking at someone else’s garden. But you never know if they broke their backs to get it that good looking, or if it was easy. Either way, you can still appreciate the garden.”

“Consider yourself as the weather. You have sunny days, and you have cloudy days. It’s a nice mix.”

“If you wait for everything to be right, you’ll be missing all of the gold along the way. Don’t always expect it in big chunks, either. Even the little nuggets are priceless.”

“Color is not only pigment, but it’s also light. You have associations with color that shape your mood. Check it out sometime.”

“When you’re engulfed in nature, there are other levels of yourself still creating the life around you. It’s easy to enjoy your creation when you add silence to the mix.”

“There are places on your planet that have colors most humans haven’t even discovered. Hint: it’s dark down there so you may want to bring some infrared light when you go.”

“Sometimes ideas burn themselves out of your mind when you get mad. That energy has to go somewhere, so let the sad stuff go up in flames when you can.”

“Vintage is a state of mind. If you think things were better ‘back then’ then you are going against change. Let me tell you, change is where the fun is.”