Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too.

Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too.

Adopted kids are such a pain - you have to teach them how to look like you.

Adopted kids are such a pain - you have to teach them how to look like you.

To the artist there is never anything ugly in nature.

To the artist there is never anything ugly in nature.

raspberry drupelets cluster around a cavern of emptiness
(paraphrased from her talk on C Span's Book TV).

raspberry drupelets cluster around a cavern of emptiness
(paraphrased from her talk on C Span's Book TV).

To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment.

To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment.

We could have saved the Earth but we were too damned cheap.

We could have saved the Earth but we were too damned cheap.

Winter is nature's way of saying, "Up yours.".

Winter is nature's way of saying, "Up yours.".

A city where everyone seemed to live in a bungalow on a broad avenue lined with palm, pepper or eucalyptus read more

A city where everyone seemed to live in a bungalow on a broad avenue lined with palm, pepper or eucalyptus trees, where there was never any snow.

Nature encourages no looseness, pardons no errors.

Nature encourages no looseness, pardons no errors.