People came from far and wide to see the Italian Gardens and buy a honeycomb or damson jam in the farm shop. The wool from the sheep and the cheese from the goats drew buyers in a queue the day they were ready for purchase. In June, the pick-your-own strawberry fields were filled with children carrying baskets of berries, their lips stained red with sweet juice. In August, the dahlia fields were so flush with color that the cloudy days seemed brighter, and in autumn the apple and pear orchards were woven through with ladders and littered with overflowing bushels.
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The thing everyone should reali... ELLEN DEGENERES It always helps to think about other people instead of ourselves. ELLEN DEGENERES If someone ever says you’re weird, say thank you. ELLEN DEGENERES If your Birthday is on Christmas day and you're not Jesus, you should start telling people your birt... ELLEN DEGENERES You just have to keep driving down the road. It's going to bend and curve and you'll speed up and sl... ELLEN DEGENERES Haiku sounds like I'm Saying hi to someone named Ku. Hi, Ku. Hello. ELLEN DEGENERES Answers to Frequently Asked Questions: Yes. Yes. No. One time in high school. ELLEN DEGENERES Contribute to the world. Help people. Help one person. Help someone cross the street today. Help som... ELLEN DEGENERES Now,I'm no scientist,but I know what endorphins are. They're tiny little magical elves that swim thr... ELLEN DEGENERES The thing everyone should realize is that the key to happiness is being happy for yourself and yours... ELLEN DEGENERES So be who you really are. Embrace who you are. Literally. Hug yourself. Accept who you are. Unless y... ELLEN DEGENERES Who's to say what's better or worse anyway? Who's to even say what's normal or average? We're all di... ELLEN DEGENERES Our flaws are what makes us human. If we can accept them as part of who we are, they really don't ev... ELLEN DEGENERES Leaning forward in your chair when someone is trying to squeeze behind you isn't enough. You also ha... ELLEN DEGENERES Way, way back in the day, like in the 1990s, if you wanted to tell everyone you ate waffles for brea... ELLEN DEGENERES I wonder what will happen if i put a hand cream on my feet, will they get confused and start clappin... ELLEN DEGENERES I personally like being unique. I like being my own person with my own style and my own opinions and... ELLEN DEGENERES It's failure that gives you the proper perspective on success. ELLEN DEGENERES It makes a big difference in your life when you stay positive. ELLEN DEGENERES Find out who you are and figure out what you believe in. Even if it's different from what your neigh... ELLEN DEGENERES What’s not so great is that all this technology is destroying our social skills. Not only have we ... ELLEN DEGENERES True beauty is not related to what color your hair is or what color your eyes are. True beauty is ab... ELLEN DEGENERES Do things that make you happy within the confines of the legal system. ELLEN DEGENERES When you take risks you learn that there will be times when you succeed and there will be times when... ELLEN DEGENERES My point is, life is about balance. The good and the bad. The highs and the lows. The pina and the c... ELLEN DEGENERES Laugh. Laugh as much as you can. Laugh until you cry. Cry until you laugh. Keep doing it even if peo... ELLEN DEGENERES This time when we kiss, I feel it in the pit of my stomach, I feel it in my heart. And I realize lov... ELLEN HOPKINS If you want to test cosmetics, why do it on some poor animal who hasn't done anything? They should u... ELLEN DEGENERES I ask people why they have deer heads on their walls. They always say because it's such a beautiful ... ELLEN DEGENERES Girls get screwed. Not that kind of screwed, what I mean is, they're always on the short end of... ELLEN HOPKINS When one paints an ideal, one does not need to limit one's imagination. ELLEN KEY I agree with every word you write, and I can prove this in no better way than by taking your advice ... ELLEN GLASGOW Imagination, industry, and intelligence -- the three I s -- are all indispensable to the actress, bu... ELLEN TERRY