"All of us have in our veins the exact same percentage of salt in our blood that exists in the ocean, and, therefore, we have salt in our blood, in our sweat, in our tears. We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea -- whether it is to sail or to watch it -- we are going back from whence we came."
(John F. Kennedy 1917 - 1963), Speech given at Newport at the dinner before the America's Cup Races, September 1962

"The artist is the confidant of nature, flowers carry on dialogues with him through the graceful bending of their stems and the harmoniously tinted nuances of their blossoms, Every flower has a cordial word which nature directs towards him."
(Auguste Rodin)

Shroom

"In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous."
(Aristotle 384 BC - 322 BC)

What Lies Within?

"A little and a little, collected together, become a great deal; the heap in the barn consists of single grains, and drop and drop makes an inundation."
(Saadi 1184 - 1291)

"The most precious gift we can offer others is our presence. When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers."
(Thich Nhat Hanh)

Green Cat

"Cats are intended to teach us that not everything in nature has a function."
(Unknown)

Red Hollyhock

"Flowers are the sweetest things God ever made and forgot to put a soul into."
(Henry Ward Beecher 1813 - 1887)

View from Moonstone beach.

"It is not much for its beauty that makes a claim upon men's hearts, as for that subtle something, that quality of air that emanates from old trees, that so wonderfully changes and renews a weary spirit."
(Robert Louis Stevenson 1850 - 1894)

Art for sale in Jacksonville OR.

"Art is making something out of nothing and selling it."
(Frank Zappa 1940 - 1993)

Slowly, with caution...

"Never discourage anyone...who continually makes progress, no matter how slow."
(Plato 427BC - 347BC)

Pandi

"Cats are smarter than dogs. You can't get eight cats to pull a sled through snow."
(Jeff Valdez)

Metal Chick

"Men are taught to apologize for their weaknesses, women for their strengths."
(Lois Wyse)

Little green froggy

"We are born princes and the civilizing process makes us frogs."
(Eric Berne 1910 - 1970)

Mt. Shasta

"Our way is not soft grass, it's a mountain path with lots of rocks. But it goes upward, forward, toward the sun."
(Ruth Westheimer)

Red Thistle

"It is good for a man to eat thistles and to remember that he is an ass."
(E. S. Dallas)