She loved the trees and old haunts around her childhood home on Prince Edward Island and longed to have those surroundings replicated in all of her future houses as a married woman.  Whether it was trees, flowers or lakes of “shining waters”, she was always sure to include beautiful descriptions of the places and objects in Anne’s world.

In 1917, Lucy Maud wrote an article called "The Alpine Path" for Everywoman's World, in which she told the story of her career.  She writes of her childhood, "Naturally the shore was part of my life from my earliest consciousness.  I learned to know it and love it in every mood.  The Cavendish shore is a very beautiful one; part of it is rock shore, where the rugged red cliffs rise steeply from the boulder-strewn coves.  Part is a long, gleaming sandshore, divided from the fields and ponds behind by a row of rounded sand-dunes, covered by coarse sand-hill grass."

The natural elements of Lucy Maud Montgomery’s surroundings were a huge influence on her writing ever since she was a child.  How much do you think Lucy Maud's love of nature influenced Anne's appreciation for beautiful scenes and her talent for naming them?

Source:  “Spirit of Place: Lucy Maud Montgomery and Prince Edward Island”