"Flowers are nature's jewels, with whose wealth she decks her summer beauty."

----George Croly

 

 

 

Peppermint Candy ivy geranium

 

 

 

"If you truly love nature, you will find beauty everywhere."

----Vincent Van Gogh

 

 

 

Mandarin

 

"What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity."

----Joseph Addison

 

Double Red ivy geranium

 

 

"One of the most attractive things about the flowers is their beautiful reserve."

----Henry David Thoreau

 

Barbe Bleau ivy geranium

June 10, 2006

 

"Every flower is a soul blossoming in nature."

----Girard de Nerval

A cluster of Barbe Bleau greets the morning

June 10, 2006

 

"Arranging a bowl of flowers in the morning can give a sense of quiet in a crowded day-----like writing a poem, or saying a prayer."

----Anne Morrow Lindbergh

 

Salmon Queen

June 10, 2006

 

"Flowers...........have a mysterious and subtle influence upon the feelings, not unlike some strains of music. They relax the tenseness of the mind."

----Henry Ward Beecher

 

 

"For remember, you don't live in a world all your own. Your brothers are here too."

----Albert Schweitzer

 

 

 

 

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