something from nothing

120/365

Strolling on, it seems to me that the strangeness and wonder of existence are emphasized here, in the desert, by the comparative sparsity of the flora and fauna: life not crowded upon life as in other places but scattered abroad in spareness and simplicity, with a generous gift of space for each herb and bush and tree, each stem of grass, so that the living organism stands out bold and brave and vivid against the lifeless sand and barren rock. The extreme clarity of the desert light is equaled by the extreme individuation of desert life-forms. ~ Edward Abbey, Desert Solitaire (1968)

matriarch

119/365

We should remember in our dealings with animals that they are a sacred trust to us…[They] cannot speak for themselves. ~  Harriet Beecher Stowe

bean green

118/365

Green is the prime color of the world, and that from which its loveliness arises. ~ Pedro Calderon de la Barca

pesky fly

117/365

God in His wisdom made the fly
And then forgot to tell us why.
~Ogden Nash, “The Fly”

daisy face

116/365

Love of beauty is taste.  The creation of beauty is art.  ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

beauty and mysteries

115/365

Those who dwell among the beauties and mysteries of the earth are never alone or weary of life.  ~ Rachel Carson

no worries

114/365

The greatest poem ever known
Is one all poets have outgrown:
The poetry, innate, untold,
Of being only four years old.
~Christopher Morley, To a Child

fruits of labor

113/365

Shipping is a terrible thing to do to vegetables.  They probably get jet-lagged, just like people.  ~ Elizabeth Berry

double vision

112/365

Find beauty not only in the thing itself but in the pattern of the shadows, the light and dark which that thing provides. ~ Junichiro Tanizaki

april showers

111/365

For after all, the best thing one can do when it’s raining is to let it rain. ~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow