such a wonderful discovery made
when walking in a park near my daughter’s house
an illustrated storybook trail
with pages spread throughout the woods
placed there by the village and the local library
a perfect pairing.
Jun13
Category Archives: nature
Jun1
solitude.
happened upon this man enjoying his solitude while out walking tonight.
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“extraordinary things happen in solitude.”
-michael finkel
May21
bee.
“to make a prairie it takes a clover and one bee,
one clover, and a bee, and revery.
the revery alone will do, If bees are few.”
-emily dickinson
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in honor of world bee day
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image credit: prairie honey
May17
in every way.
kinder take a closer look at the wooly sheep’s children
before they come over
to feel the human childrens’ gentle touch.
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“any glimpse into the life of an animal quickens our own
and makes it so much the larger and better in every way.”
– john muir
Apr20
find something.
here was what I found:
- a fairy house in the woods
- a handful of wildflowers
- a pine bough
- birds
- meadow grass
- quiet beauty
- a heart-shaped stone
- stone steps to sit on and watch the river
what have your found that you are grateful for?
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image credit: simpleacres
Jan28
up close.
kinder gets up close.
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“you can impress from a distance, but you can only impact up close”
-howard g. hendricks
Jan24
see the song.
“when it’s cold you can see the song.”
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the bird appears to be sending smoke signals as it braves sub-zero temperatures in a park in the city of petrozavodsk, russia. mikhail kalinin, 34, an electric locomotive engineer spotted the chirping bird’s condensation rising up out from it’s beak with the temperature below -5 degrees celsius.
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credits: Mikhail Kalinin/Solent News
Jan9
bare.
bare tree at rest in early winter.
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“people don’t remember each tree in a park
but all of us benefit from the trees.
and in a way, artists are like trees in a park.”
-yoko ono
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kerrytown courtyard, ann arbor, mi, usa
Dec31
moving.
starlings come together and move into the shape of a giant bird.
kinders come together to see if the birds are eating the food they’ve left for them
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“do not the most moving moments of our lives find us without words?”
-marcel marceau
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credits: guy benson, attenborough nature preserve, bbc news east midlands
Sep27
change.
kinders find magic in the japanese garden
seeing things change right before them.
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‘change is a measure of time, and in the autumn, time seems speeded up.
what was, is not and never will be;
what is, is change.’
-edwin way teale
