We should enjoy this summer,
flower by flower, as if it were to be the
last one we’ll see.
Andre Gide
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‘Tis my faith that every flower
Enjoys the air it breathes!
William Wordsworth
Blue thou art, intensely blue; Flower, whence came thy dazzling hue?
James Montgomery
How doth the little busy bee
Improve each shining hour,
And gather honey all the day
From every opening flower.
Isaac Watts, Against Idleness
Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.Luke 12:27, King James Bible
“A flash of harmless lightning, A mist of rainbow dyes, The burnished sunbeams brightening From flower to flower he flies.”
“Spring would not be spring without bird songs.”
– Francis M. Chapman
“Everything is blooming most recklessly; if it were voices instead of colors, there would be an unbelievable shrieking into the heart of the night.”
– Rainer Maria Rilke
In the right light, at the right time, everything is extraordinary.
Aaron Rose
He rocks in the treetops all day long
Hoppin’ and a-boppin’ and singing his song
All the little birds on Jaybird Street
Love to hear the robin go tweet-tweet-tweetRockin’ robin, (tweet-tweet-tweet)
Rock-rock-rockin’ robin’ (tweet-tweedilly-tweet)
Go rockin’ robin ’cause we’re really gonna rock tonight (tweet-tweedilly-tweet)Bobby Day
