Birch Bark - Missoula, Montana

"On pavements and the bark of trees I have found whole worlds." 

-Mark Tobey (1890-1976)

Bark Well-Lit - Missoula, Montana

"I knew, of course, that trees and plants had roots, stems, bark, branches and foliage that reached up toward the light. But I was coming to realize that the real magician was light itself." 

- Edward Steichen (1879-1973)

Leaves Extraordinaire - Missoula, Montana

"In the right light, at the right time, everything is extraordinary." - Aaron Rose

Green Leaves, Blue Sky - Missoula, Montana

"A golden rule: to leave an incomplete image of oneself." 

- Emile M. Cioran

Hmmmm...ponder that a while....

Golden Moment - Missoula, Montana

"Living in that childish wonder is a most beautiful feeling - I can so well remember it. There was always something more - behind and beyond everything - to me, the golden spectacles were very, very big." 

- Kate Greenaway (1846-1901)

Old Barn And Stormclouds - Corvallis, Montana

"The years rolled their brutal course down the hill of time. Still poor, my clothes still smelling of the horse barn, still writing those doubtful poems where too much emotion clashed with too many words."

- Paul Engle (1908-1991)

Late-Sprouting Green - Missoula, Montana

"Your heart is full of fertile seeds, waiting to sprout." 

- Morihei Ueshiba (1883-1969)