"Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts."
- Rachel Carson

"Stand in the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls."
- Jeremiah 6:16

"I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers."-- ~Claude Monet

"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step."
~Unknown

“There’s naught as nice as th’ smell o’ good clean earth, except th’ smell o’ fresh growin’ things when th’ rain falls on ‘em.”
― Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden