"In dreams begin responsibilities" -- Delmar Schwartz
"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are." -- Theodore Roosevelt
Questions? Email robertlovett@hotmail.com
Our mission has been expanded to include all conifer species
at the Angelina and Alder Springs Units.
"I have noticed in my
life that all men have a liking for some special animal, tree,
plant or spot of earth. If men would pay more attention to these
preferences and seek what is best to do in order to make
themselves worthy...they might have dreams which would purify
their lives." "For we cannot command
nature except by obeying her." -- Francis Bacon, Novum Organum
(1620)
"It is very healthy to
work." -- Geronimo (in a letter to his wives, son and daughter)
-- Brave Buffalo, Sioux, "By the Power of
Their Dreams" in The Cloistered Walk,
by Kathleen Norris
Sunrise at Alder Springs Unit
"Nights candles are burnt out, and jocund day stands
tip-toe on misty mountaintops."
-- William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet
Sugar Pine at Alder Springs Unit
"The gods, that mortal beauty chase, Still in a tree did
end their race." "Smooth runs the water where the brook
is deep" -- William Shakespeare, Henry VI
"...we can grow up with trees and
I see them change with us. Since they outlive us,
-- Andrew Marvel, The Garden
Pond at Pearson Creek Unit
Pond at Angelina Unit
they can connect us with the future..."
-- Bernd Heinrich, The Trees in My Forest
Site last updated 2-5-2002
This Website Collaboratively Maintained by:
Steve ("thousand monkeys") Pierson
Arboretum de Villardebelle
Robert (computer impaired & undeterred) Lovett (417) 887-9971
Scientific guidance from Sequoia and Whitepine
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