For nature gives to every time and season some beauties of its own; and from morning to night, as from...

How cunningly nature hides every wrinkle of her inconceivable antiquity under roses and violets and morning dew!Ralph Waldo Emerson

We should enjoy this summer, flower by flower, as if it were to be the last one we’ll see.~ Andre...

Ah, I could lay me down in this long grass And close my eyes, and let the quiet wind Blow...

“In descriptions of nature one must seize on small details, grouping them so that when the reader closes his eyes...

“Our hearts grow tender with childhood memories and love of kindred, and we are better throughout the year for having,...

“I love Christmas, not just because of the presents but because of all the decorations and lights and the warmth...

“Freshly cut Christmas trees smelling of stars and snow and pine resin – inhale deeply and fill your soul with...

“Pale in her fading bowers the Summer stands, Like a new Niobe with claspèd hands, Silent above the flowers, her...

“The same stream of life that runs through my veins night and day runs through the world and dances in...