“One could speculate that lichens would be among the last inhabitants to succumb on a dying earth at some distant...

“Plants are solar-powered air purifiers whose filter never needs replacing.” ~ Khang Kijarro Nguyen

“Live in each season as it passes: breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit.” ~ Henry David Thoreau

“No sign of spring, save that the catkins fill,And willow stems grow daily red and bright.These are days when ancients...

But Winter has yet brighter scenes-he boastsSplendors beyond what gorgeous Summer knows;Or Autumn with his many fruits, and woodsAll flushed...

“No one can look at a pine tree in winter without knowing that spring will come again in due time.”...

“The winter is kind and leaves red berries on the boughs for hungry sparrows.” ~ John J. Geddes

“November at its best – with a sort of delightful menace in the air.”~ Anne Bosworth Greene

You look at all the swelling rose hips in the garden that will wither and die without ever germinating and...

“What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have never been discovered.”~ Ralph Waldo Emerson