Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Sun Soaked Leaves

"Never say there is nothing beautiful in the world anymore. There is always something to make you wonder in the shape of a tree, the trembling of a leaf."
- Albert Schweitzer

Wildflowers in the Field

"'What kind of garden do you come from?'
'Oh, I don't come from any garden.'
'Do you suppose she's a wildflower?'"
- Lewis Carroll

Ta'bai Under the Shed

"Until one has loved an animal a part of one's soul remains unawakened."
- Anatole France

The Indian Trail

"No memory is ever alone; it's at the end of a trail of memories, a dozen trails that each have their own associations."
- Louis L'Amour

Fairy Garden

"Trees're always a relief, after people."
- David Mitchell

Three Point Leaf

"As with all my work, whether it's a leaf on a rock or ice on a rock, I'm trying to get beneath the surface appearance of things. Working the surface of a stone is an attempt to understand the internal energy of the stone."
- Andy Goldsworthy

Meadow Trees

"Nature has been for me, for as long as I remember, a source of solace, inspiration, adventure, and delight; a home, a teacher, a companion."
- Lorraine Anderson

The Black Forest

"For most of history, man has had to fight nature to survive; in this century he is beginning to realize that, in order to survive, he must protect it."
- Jaques-Yves Cousteau

Old Crate

"The quiet rhythmic monotone of the wall of logs fills one with the rustic peace of a secluded nook in the woods."
- Gustav Stickley

Dandelion Head

"Sometimes, someone says something so small and it just fits right into this empty place in your heart."
- Senora Roy

Apple Buds

"First I shake the whole apple tree, that the ripest might fall. Then I climb the tree and shake each limb, and then each branch and then each twig, and then I look under each leaf."
- Martin Luther

Rock Wall

"In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock."
- Thomas Jefferson

Theater Stairs

"You shall find out how salt is the taste of another man's bread,
and how hard is the way up and down another man's stairs."
- Dante Alighieri