Unable to grasp God's essence, we seek help in words, in names, in animal forms, in figures, in trees and flowers, summits and sources.
(Maximus of Tyre)
Magnolia Blossom Opening (Click to view full size photo.)
Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away; for lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone. The flowers appear on the earth; the time of singing has come, and the voice of the turtle-dove is heard in our land.