Author's note: I must comment a bit about the pictures and the photographers who now appear on my 'Guest Page'. They are international people--they love the world and love to travel as do my wife and I. Recently they had a time together in Iceland, and the flower photos of Birgitta were taken there in July, 2001. They are beautiful and lovely! Bob has been for some time a "photo person". His photo of the Rhododendron has special meaning to him as it was planted by his Father many years ago. We continually send one another photos from our respective homelands, Bob's-England and mine-California. I can think of no two people that I would rather have featured than them. Thank you friends! You both are most appreciated! Bob and Ann-July 2001, California

"A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words."
----- Jacquie

Photos by Birgitta

Using a Pentax MZ 5 with a 28-200 lens.

"Nature has been for me, for as long as I remember, a source of solace, inspiration, adventure, and delight; a home, a teacher, a companion."-----Lorraine Anderson

Thrift, nestling among the green leaves of Iceland

"Look deep, deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better."

-----Albert Einstein

The beautiful purple of the Lambagras-"Moss campion"

Iceland, July 2001

Photos by Birgitta

"Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts."

-----Rachel Carson

Photo by Bob Pells

"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