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Quotes about Mesquite Trees

2017 November 27th2016 April 26th by Terri Guillemets

[A] mesquite, that strange desert tree that gives shade, shelter, firewood, flour, sugar and horse-feed to the desert aborigine… ~George Wharton James, Arizona, the Wonderland, 1917 Cactus, …

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Quotes about the Smell of Rain

2019 November 19th2016 April 26th by Terri Guillemets

Welcome to my page of quotations about petrichor, or the awesome smells before, after, and while it’s raining — that distinctive, earthy aroma. We especially get these …

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Tags clouds, desert, literary, nature, outdoors, senses, weather

Cactus Quotes

2019 November 1st2016 April 25th by Terri Guillemets

No rose on thorned stem Pricks my heart as does the cactus Flowered in spring or gaunt in December. I remember. ~Muriel M. Alcott, “I Would Return,” …

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Tags arizona, desert, flora, green, literary, nature

Quotes about Saguaro Cactus

2019 September 21st2016 April 25th by Terri Guillemets

The saguaro is Arizona. ~Herb & Dorothy McLaughlin, c. 1973 Along the mountain ridges,       Across the desert floor;       Arms like verdant armor, …

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Arizona Quotes: Cactus

2018 October 25th2016 April 25th by Terri Guillemets

The Arizona desert to us is starkly beautiful at all times, but when touched by the magic of spring it becomes a land of enchantment. The weirdly …

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Arizona Quotes: Insects, Critters, & Animals

2018 October 25th2016 April 25th by Terri Guillemets

Many things bind Phoenicians together… Fearing insects, because even though we have fewer insects than other places, the insects we do have actively try to kill us… …

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Quotes about the Grand Canyon

2018 October 25th2016 April 25th by Terri Guillemets

The Grand Canyon is carven deep by the master hand; it is the gulf of silence, widened in the desert; it is all time inscribing the naked …

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Tags adventure, arizona, literary, nature, outdoors, places, vintage

Wanderlust Quotes

2019 May 4th2016 January 2nd by Terri Guillemets

Welcome to my page of quotations about wanderlust. The word actually has several meanings — a strong desire to explore the world, hiking, wanting to be close …

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Tags adventure, literary, nature, new age, outdoors, places, play, trendy, vintage

Poetry Quotes: Nature

2019 August 10th2015 September 23rd by Terri Guillemets

Poetry is the key to the hieroglyphics of Nature. ~Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare, Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers, 1827 The secrets of Nature’s …

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Tags arts, green, language, literary, nature, outdoors, poetry, vintage, words, writing

Which is the Poet’s Flower?

2017 December 3rd2015 September 21st by Terri Guillemets

Next to the rose, whose divine right to monarchy cannot be questioned, the violet is the poet’s flower. ~Willis Boyd Allen, “The Violet Book,” 1909 The Sweet …

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