birdsong Be as a bird perched on a frail branch that she feels bending beneath her, still she sings away all the same, knowing she has wings. ~ Victor Hugo
pomegranate Here’s to a new year of healthy eating: Crack open a pomegranate and enjoy those antioxidant-rich jewels of tangy goodness!
pear A man watches his pear tree day after day, impatient for the ripening of the fruit. Let him attempt to force the process, and he may spoil both fruit and tree. But let him patiently wait, and the ripe pear at length falls into his lap! ~ Abraham Lincoln
leaf shadow I am old I am wrinkled I am scarred I am merely a shadow of myself But I still have a heart.
grape cluster What I do and what I dream include thee, as the wine must taste of its own grapes. ~ Elizabeth Barrett Browning