What are multiple examples of imagery about life, plants, birds, weather?

From the text:

"The flower garden was strained with rotting brown magnolia petals and ironweeds grew rank amid the purple phlox."

"The flower garden is prim, the house a gleaming white, and the pale fence across the yard stands straight and spruce."

"Then when the slanted rays of the sun burned orange in the tops of the pines, we’d drop our jewels into the stream and watch them float away toward the sea."

"On the topmost branch a bird the size of a chicken, with scarlet feathers and long legs, was perched precariously. Its wings hung down loosely, and as we watched, a feather dropped away and floated slowly down through the green leaves."