Gratitude And The Simple Act Of Camping

“Nature’s beauty is a gift that cultivates appreciation and gratitude.” ~ Louis Schwartzberg

Repost: ‘Happy Independence Day (The Vegan Way)’

‘Freedoms are never free.’ This is what we tell our kids hoping that it sticks well into the future, when they’re out of our sight and living their lives fully on their own. Freedom in America must be maintained and managed, it is too often taken for granted by every one of us.

Have you forgotten where we (whites) came from?

Photo credit: Without Reservations

Cicada Song of Summer

“Loneliness is the poverty of self. Solitude is the richness of self.” ~ Mary Sarton

Community Mothers: My Wish For Every Mother

“We are all born of love. Love is our mother.” ~ Rumi

First of Year: 1st Generation Monarch

“Biodiversity starts in the distant past and it points toward the future.” ~ Frans Lanting

Birding Here, Birding There, Birds and Babies Everywhere

“Nature is ever at work building and pulling down, creating and destroying, keeping everything whirling and flowing, allowing no rest but in rhythmical motion, chasing everything in endless song out of one beautiful form into another.” ~ John Muir

School Gardens (Overdue) Update: Let It Grow!

“I can’t imagine anything more important than air, water, soil, energy, and biodiversity. These are the things that keep us alive.” ~ David Suzuki

Once In A Lifetime: Super Blue Blood Moon

“We ran as if to meet the moon.” ~ Robert Frost

321 Birding Year: Luck and Lifers

“Science is not only a disciple of reason but, also, one of romance and passion.” ~ Stephen Hawking

Missed Moments: A Whirlwind 2017 … In Forgotten Pictures

“Happiness is like a butterfly: the more you chase it, the more it will elude you. But if you turn your attention to other things, it will come and softly sit upon your shoulder.” ~ The Daily Crescent (1848)