“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    

“Nature will bear the closest inspection. She invites us to lay our eye level with her smallest leaf, and take...

Catkins, Catkins peek out your furry head Upon the branchlet within the meadow Remember curiosity killed the cat, stone dead...

“All problems become smaller if you don’t dodge them, but confront them. Touch a thistle timidly, and it pricks you;...