"There is one spectacle grander than the sea, that is the sky; there is one spectacle grander than the sky, that is the interior of the soul."

~ Victor Hugo

"A landscape is something timeless, persistent and enduring and we're mere passengers on it. Measuring your worries and anxieties against that truth you realize how small and insignificant they are."

~ Justeline

Equilibrium

Snowflakes spill from heaven's hand
Lovely and chaste like smooth white sand.
A veil of wonder laced in light
Falling Gently on a winters night.
Graceful beauty raining down
Giving magic to the lifeless ground.
Each snowflake like a falling star
Smiling beauty that's spun afar.
Till earth is dressed in a robe of white
Unspoken poem the hush of night.

~ Linda A. Copp

"Each flower is a soul blossoming out to nature."

~ Gerard De Nerval

"A flower cannot blossom without sunshine, and man cannot live without love."

~ Max Muller

"Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be and that God wishes to see people happy, amidst the simple beauty of nature. I firmly believe that nature brings solace in all troubles. "

~ Anne Frank

Cosmos

by IN CHERL KIM

"Color photography is coming of age as an art form, making it feasible for photographers to rival the finest painting and exceed the standards set by the finest traditional black & white photography, thanks in large part to stunning advances in the many technologies of modern imaging. The many destructive vagueries, flavors and limitations of chemical processes need no longer impose themselves onto one's photographs. The intelligence and flexibility of digital processes have begun to make it possible to reveal both the truth of a scene and one's artistic intent far better than ever before. I remain dedicated to the task of realizing in every way the quality and scope of work which the new methods have made possible."

~ Joseph Holmes

"This life is yours. Take the power to choose what you want to do and do it well. Take the power to love what you want in life and love it honestly. Take the power to walk in the forest and be a part of nature. Take the power to control your own life. No one else can do it for you. Take the power to make your life happy."

~ Susan Polis Schutz

"A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books."

~ Walt Whitman