”If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment. If a shower drives us for shelter to the maple grove or the trailing branches of the pine, yet in their recesses with microscopic eye we discover some new wonder in the bark, or the leaves, or the fungi at our feet.”
~ Henry David Thoreau
(Journal, September 23, 1838)
“The Earth offers gift after gift — life and the living of it, light and the return of it, the growing things, the roaring things, fire and nightmares, falling water and the wisdom of friends, forgiveness. My god, the gift of forgiveness, time, and the scouring tides. How does one accept gifts as great as these and hold them in mind?
Failing to notice a gift dishonors it, and deflects the love of the giver. That’s what’s wrong with living a careless life, storing up sorrow, waking up regretful, walking unaware. But to turn the gift in your hands, to say, this is wonderful and beautiful, this is a great gift — this honors the gift and the giver of it. . . . Notice the gift. Be astonished at it. Be glad for it, care about it. Keep it in mind. This is the greatest gift a person can give in return.”
— Kathleen Dean Moore, Wild Comfort: The Solace of Nature
Elisa's Spot 
Yours? Or generic sons and daughters you found on the street? I am so intrigued…
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mine
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Thank you for posting these. I feel closer to you! It is so interesting to see one’s children…puts an entirely new spin on things.
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oh yeah? (puzzling and puzzling)
spins can make me barf….(frowns to self)
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OHhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh….trips on self…
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Thank you for letting me see these Elisa. A lovely family you have. Your friend. Ralph x
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You are welcome. I think they are pretty excellenty myself, on most days!
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