"You can find pictures anywhere. It's simply a matter of noticing things and organizing them. You just have to care about what's around you............."

---Elliott Erwitt

 

 

Alstromeria

July 24, 2007

 

Temple bells die out.
The fragrant blossoms remain.
A perfect evening.

---Basho

 

 

Alstromeria in Macintosh vase

February 24, 2007

 

"The richness I achieve comes from Nature, the source of my inspiration."

-  Claude Monet

 

 

A vignette of Alstromeria blossomss

February 24, 2007

 

 

"The secrets are in the plants. To elicit them you have to love them enough."

 

----George Washington Carver

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Flowers leave some of the fragrance in the hand that bestows them."

----Chinese Proverb

 

 

 

Alstromeria

October 4, 2006

 

 

"All gardening is landscape painting."

----Alexander Pope

 

 

 

Alstromeria

July 7, 2006

 

 

Summer afternoon - Summer afternoon... the two most beautiful words in the English language.

-- Henry James

 

 

 

 

"The greatest gift of the garden is the restoration of the five senses."

-- Hanna Rion

 

 

 

 

 

 

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