“Forests are the lungs of our land.” ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt

“In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.” ~ John Muir

“‘Tis my faith that every flowerEnjoys the air it breathes!” ~ William Wordsworth

“I will be the gladdest thing under the sun! I will touch a hundred flowers and not pick one.” ~...

“I hold no preference among flowers, so long as they are wild, free, spontaneous.” ~ Edward Abbey

“The April rain, the April rain,Comes slanting down in fitful showers,Then from the furrow shoots the grain,And banks are fledged...

Oh! that my soul had winged its flight,When first I saw the morning light,To worlds of liberty! ~ George Moses...

“May the countryside and the gliding valley streams content me. Lost to fame, let me love river and woodland.” ~...

“Winter dawn is the color of metal,The trees stiffen into place like burnt nerves.” ~ Sylvia Plath

Coldly and capriciously the slanting sunbeams fall. ~ Alice Cary