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Life is full of beauty. Notice it. Notice the bumble bee, the small child, and the smiling faces. Smell the rain, and feel the wind.

Ashley Smith

Wednesday, May 22, 2013. Photo By Gerik Parmele/gerik.com

 

Ovid said, “The sharp thorn often produces delicate roses.” And so apparently a stinging wasp produces a delicate nest.

Some people feel the rain. Others just get wet. Bob Dylan

 

Some people feel the rain. Others just get wet.

Bob Dylan

Leaf

February 5, 2013 — Leave a comment

Karts Trailhead, Rock Bridge State Park Photo By Gerik Parmele/gerik.com

Nature will bear the closest inspection.

She invites us to lay our eye level with her smallest leaf,

and take an insect view of its plain.

Henry David Thoreau

Grasslands

February 2, 2013 — Leave a comment

Grassland Trail Rock Bridge State Park.Photo By Gerik Parmele/gerik.com

The ocean of grass…is no longer what it was…

- John Graves