In search of my mother's garden, I found my own.

In search of my mother's garden, I found my own.

Rain! whose soft architectural hands have power to cut stones, and chisel to shapes of grandeur the very mountains.

Rain! whose soft architectural hands have power to cut stones, and chisel to shapes of grandeur the very mountains.

External nature is only internal nature writ large.

External nature is only internal nature writ large.

Nature does nothing without purpose or uselessly.

Nature does nothing without purpose or uselessly.

A perfect summer day is when the sun is shining, the breeze is blowing, the birds are singing, and the read more

A perfect summer day is when the sun is shining, the breeze is blowing, the birds are singing, and the lawn mower is broken.

I've always regarded nature as the clothing of God.

I've always regarded nature as the clothing of God.

I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers.

I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers.

See one promontory, one mountain, one sea, one river and see all.

See one promontory, one mountain, one sea, one river and see all.

It's hard for the modern generation to understand Thoreau, who lived beside a pond but didn't own water skis or read more

It's hard for the modern generation to understand Thoreau, who lived beside a pond but didn't own water skis or a snorkel.