“How I long to see
among dawn flowers,
the face of God.”
Bashō Matsuo (1644–1694) Japanese poet
Source: Haiku
“I hold no preference among flowers, so long as they are wild, free, spontaneous.”
— Edward Abbey, book Desert Solitaire
Bricks to all greenhouses! Black thumb and cutworm to the potted plant!
"Cliffrose and Bayonets", p. 25
Desert Solitaire (1968)
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