There is a way that nature speaks, that land speaks. Most of the time we are simply not patient enough, quiet enough, to pay attention to the story.--Linda Hogan

As the sun rose up over the houses in the neighborhood today, I heard the soft cooing of a mouring dove high up in our old elm tree. He knew.

Let us permit nature to have her way. She understands her business better than we do. ~Michel de Montaigne

Certain thoughts are prayers. There are moments when, whatever be the attitude of the body, the soul is on its knees. ~Victor Hugo

Wildfires in Texas, although serious and tragic, produce a lot of smoke that
add to the brilliance of a sunset.

March 12, 2006

God's gifts put man's best dreams to shame. ~Elizabeth Barrett Browning

The sky is the daily bread of the eyes. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Climb up on some hill at sunrise. Everybody needs perspective once in a while, and you'll find it there. ~Robb Sagendorph

The morning sunrise created some interesting color on a partially frozen pond.

The laws of nature are written deep in the folds and faults of the earth. By encouraging men to learn those laws one can lead them further to a knowledge of the author of all laws.
John Joseph Lynch

Let children walk with Nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life, their joyous inseparable unity, as taught in woods and meadows, plains and mountains and streams of our blessed star, and they will learn that death is stingless indeed, and as beautiful as life.
--John Muir

Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.
--Frank Lloyd Wright