Lady Bird

"Ugliness is so grim. A little beauty, something that is lovely, I think, can help create harmony which lessens tensions."

“My heart found its home long ago in the beauty, mystery, order and disorder of the flowering earth.”

“Some may wonder why I chose wildflowers when there are hunger and unemployment and the big bomb in the world. Well, I, for one, think we will survive, and I hope that along the way we can keep alive our experience with the flowering earth. For the bounty of nature is also one of the deep needs of man.”

“Though the word beautification makes the concept sound merely cosmetic, it involves much more: clean water, clean air, clean roadsides, safe waste disposal and preservation of valued old landmarks as well as great parks and wilderness areas. To me…beautification means our total concern for the physical and human quality we pass on to our children and the future.”

-- Lady Bird Johnson.

Lady Bird Johnson (glorious name) died today. Rest in peace and thanks for getting so many people on the case of beautifying our environs.