the garden and the trees

"The western formal garden came from the paradise garden of persia, to be perfected in france. From there it became a symbol of aristocracy and authority, to many people an anathema."
Barbara Stauffacher Solomon


"As pines keep the shape of wind even when the wind has fled and is no longer there so words guard the shape of man even when man has fled and is no longer there."
George Seferis

* picture: chicago, feb2006