Thursday, July 31, 2014

Advice, Chinese Proverb


種瓜得瓜。

- 中國俗談

种瓜得瓜 [zhòngguādéguā]

Reap as one has sown.

- Chinese Proverb

Monday, July 7, 2014

Farewell, William Shakespeare

This bud of love, by summer's ripening breath, May prove a beauteous flower when next we meet. - William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Thursday, July 3, 2014

Lemon lily (Lilium parryi)

Lemon lily (Lilium parryi)


DescriptionEnglish: Lemon lily (Lilium parryi). Photo by Jordan Zylstra. The high country of the San Jacinto Wilderness, both State and Federal, includes seasonally moist mountain meadows with both corn lily (Veratrum californium) and lemon lily (Lilium parryi).
DateUNK
Sourcehttp://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/regions/Pacific_Southwest/SantaRosaSanJacintoNM/images/lemon_lily_lilium_parryi_lg.jpg
AuthorJordan Zylstra, USFS
Permissionpublic domain
LicensingThis image is a work of the Forest Service of the United States Department of Agriculture. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain.


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Monday, May 12, 2014

Spring, Diane Frolov


Listen, can you hear it? Spring's sweet cantata. The strains of grass pushing through the snow. The song of buds swelling on the vine. The tender timpani of a baby robin's heart. Spring.

- Diane Frolov

Monday, April 7, 2014

Spring, Western Proverb


April Showers bring May flowers.

- Western Proverb

Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Nature, Chinese Proverb


If I keep a green bough in my heart, the singing bird will come.

- Chinese Proverb