SEA “Nothing soothes the soul like a walk on the Beach.” FLOWERS “The earth laughs in flowers.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson LANDSCAPES The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.- Proust ANIMALS “Wherever there are wild animals in the world, there is always an opportunity for caring, compassion, and kindness.” ― Paul Oxton TREES Trees are poems that the earth writes upon the sky.” — Kahlil Gibran WATER In rivers, the water that you touch is the last of what has passed and the first of that which comes; so with present time. Leonardo da Vinci PLANTS “Live in the indoor garden.” ― Steven Magee GRASSES Get close to grass and you’ll see a star.” ― Dejan Stojanovic, ABSTRACT