A "Clean & Simple" Experiment

I have to stop phaffing around and get more pages done so I got out my copy of Cathy Zielske's "Clean & Simple Scrapbooking" the other night. I wanted these shots in the album just because I like looking at them and it certainly got them on the page but I'm not sure...need to work on this more. Still, a good concept (hers I mean) and I did like the whole graphics tutorial on fonts, colour wheels etc.
The quote is off a sundial I think:

"The kiss of the Sun for pardon
The song of the birds for mirth
You are nearer God’s heart in the garden
Than anywhere else on earth."