Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.

~Confucius

Bird's nest

What is a weed?  A plant whose virtues have never been discovered.

~Ralph Waldo Emerson

It boggles my mind that someone can see life breathed into a baby, watch the grass die and then come to life again, see leaves fall and watch the rebirth of a tree, or gaze on any of the majestic splendor that is this earth and not be overpowered by the presence of an Almighty God!

~Bill McCartney

Haleakala Crater

Maui

The flower that follows the sun does so even in cloudy days.

~Robert Leighton

All glory comes from daring to begin.

~Eugene F. Ware

Bread and butter, devoid of charm in the drawing-room, is ambrosia eating under a tree.

~Elizabeth Russell

Cinnamon & Sugar Toast

The busy bee has no time for sorrow.

~William Blake

The best way to pay for a lovely moment is to enjoy it.

~Richard Bach

Laughing Kookaburra

If the sight of the blue skies fills you with joy, if a blade of grass springing up in the fields has power to move you, if the simple things of nature have a message that you understand, rejoice, for your soul is alive.

~Eleonora Duse

The richness I achieve comes from nature, the source of my inspiration.

~Claude Monet