The Garden

“If you don't know your family's history, then you don't know anything. You are a leaf that doesn't know it is part of a tree."
~Michael Crichton
“A best friend is like a four leaf clover, hard to find and lucky to have"

“Very young children eat their books, literally devouring their contents. This is one reason for the scarcity of first editions of Alice in Wonderland and other favorites of the nursery.”
A. S. W. Rosenbach “A few minutes ago every tree was excited, bowing to the roaring storm, waving, swirling, tossing their branches in glorious enthusiasm like worship. But though to the outer ear these trees are now silent, their songs never cease.”
John Muir

"Your photography is a record of your living, for anyone who really sees.”
Paul Strand

“The lofty pine is oftenest shaken by the winds; High towers fall with a heavier crash; And the lightning strikes the highest mountain.”
Horace

“You can live for years next door to a big pine tree, honored to have so venerable a neighbor, even when it sheds needles all over your flowers or wakes you, dropping big cones onto your deck at still of night.”
Denise Levertov

“Anything that excites me for any reason, I will photograph; not searching for unusual subject matter, but making the commonplace unusual.”
Edward Weston

“The rose is a flower of love. The world has acclaimed it for centuries. Pink roses are for love hopeful and expectant.