photos by G. Hibben

camera: Nikon Coolpix 2100

June, 2003

 

"Flowers are my music."

----Dr. Thomas Arnold, from the book, "Life of Dr. Arnold."

 

Gladwyense

 

"Each flower is a soul opening to nature."

----Gerard De Nerval

 

 

Lady Rosebury

 

"There is material enough in a single flower for the ornament of a score of cathedrals."

----John Ruskin, Stones of Venice

 

 

Macro mode: Sephalum

 

"To own a bit of ground, to scratch it with a hoe, to plant seeds and watch their renewal of life----this is the commonest delight of the race, the most satisfactory thing a man can do."----Charles Dudley Warner, My Summer in a Garden

 

Nacoochee

 

"My theory is that the flowers, appreciating how hard I try, cannot bear to disappoint me and, therefore, bloom their hearts out in recognition of this devotion."----Martha Smith, Beds I Have Known: Confessions of a Passionate Amateur Gardener, 1990.