A Commonplace Book

Category: grasses...

  • grasses are the most important flowering plants because of their nutritious grains and soil-forming function
  • most grasses have round stems that are hollow between the joints
  • creating a landscape of ornamental grasses
  • whistling on a blade of grass
  • imagining being an ant crawling through grass
  • the grass may be greener on the other side, but it still has to be mowed
  • enjoying the smell of grass and the foliage along your bicycle path
  • with each weed you pull up, you make room for fresh green grass
  • walking barefoot in the grass and feeling fully each sensation with your toes and soles of your feet
  • The moment one gives close attention to anything, even a blade of grass, it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself. (H. Miller)
  • I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars. (W. Whitman)

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