Appreciate the miracle of nature through photography and quotes.

1. When the hustle and bustle of life gets you down, find some way to retreat to
Nature. Talk a walk. Feed some birds or squirrels. Take a nap with your cat.
Run on the beach. Watch a sunrise or sunset. Bring home some flowers.
Such interaction with Nature can have a calming effect, cherish it.
For, as Aristotle says, ”In all things of Nature there is
something of the marvelous.”
Job Pressures?
Crying Kids?
Not Enough Sleep?
Not Enough Money?
Disappointments?
Setbacks?
Need a Good Cry?
Just Have the Blahs?
Enjoy this RETREAT TO NATURE, it might help!
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2. “Just living is not
enough—one
must have
sunshine, freedom
& a little flower.”
Hans Christian Andersen

3. “In wilderness is the preservation of the world.”
Henry David Thoreau

4. “I felt my lungs inflate with the onrush of scenery—air,
mountains, trees, people. I thought, ‘This is what it is to
be happy.’” Sylvia Plath

5. “I never found a companion that was as
companionable as solitude.”
Henry David Thoreau

6. “ah
sweet
spontaneous
earth. . .”
e. e. cummings

7. CALIFORNIA
POPPIES

8. “I want all my
senses engaged.
Let me absorb
the world’s
variety &
uniqueness.”
Maya Angelou

9. “It’s autumn in the country I remember.”
Trumbull Stickney

10. “Autumn is a second spring
when every leaf is a flower.”
Albert Camus

11. “Happiness
seems made
to be shared.”
Pierre Cameille

12. A
“I hope you love birds too.
It is economical.
It saves going to heaven.”
Emily Dickinson

13. “In order to see birds, it is
necessary to become part of
the silence.”
Robert Lynd

14. AREN’T NAPS
DELIGHTFUL?

15. “The most
striking
and
sublime
features
on the
grandest
scale,
is the
Yosemite.”
John Muir

16. YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK

17. MONUMENT VALLEY
NAVAJO TRIBAL PARK

18. “Every cloud engenders not a storm.”
William Shakespeare

19. “Aren’t the clouds beautiful?”
Charles M. Schultz

20. Bloom where you are planted!

21. “Each flower is a soul
blossoming out to nature.”
Gerard de Nerval

22. “A really companionable
and indispensable dog
is an accident of nature.
You can’t get it by
breeding for it, and you
can’t buy it with money.
It just happens along.”
E. B. White

23. “You are built not to
shrink down to less
but to blossom
into more.”
Oprah Winfrey

24. SAGUARO NATIONAL
PARK
IN BLOOM

25. “A peacock who rests on
its feathers is just
another turkey.”
Dolly Parton

26. “The fog comes
on little cat feet.
It sits looking. . .
on silent haunches
and then moves on.”
Carl Sandburg

27. “The beauty of
flowers, their
elegance of shape,
the exquisiteness
of their colors and
patterns are an
endless source of
delight. . . .“
David Attenborough

28. “What is man without the beasts? If all the beasts were gone, men
would die from a great loneliness of spirit. For whatever happens to
the beasts, soon happens to man. All things are connected.”
Chief Seattle

29. “Any glimpse into the life of
an animal quickens our own
and makes it so much larger
and better in every way.”
John Muir

30. “Only God can make a tree.”
Edgar A. Guest

31. “Use what talents
you possess: the
woods would be very
silent if no bird sang
there except those
that sang best.”
Henry Van Dyke

32. “Never yet was
a spring time
when the buds
forgot to bloom.”
Margaret Elizabeth Sangster

34. “There are no
ordinary cats.”
Collette

35. “All good things are
wild and free.”
Henry David Thoreau

36. “When spring
is dancing
among the
hills, one
should not stay
in a dark little
corner.”
Kahlil Gibran

37. “The rivers are our brothers. They
quench our thirst. They carry our canoes
and feed our children. . . . And you must
henceforth give the rivers the kindness
you would give any other brother.”
Chief Seattle

38. “The best way
to cheer yourself
is to try
to cheer
someone else.”
Mark Twain

39. “Silence alone is worthy to be heard.”
Henry David Thoreau

40. “Few things
under heaven
are as instructive
as the lessons
of Silence.”
--Tao Ching

41. “Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a
tribe, call it a family. Whatever you call
it, whoever you are, you need one.”
Jane Howard

42. “To sit in the shade on a fine day, and look
upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment.”
Jane Austen

43. “Butterflies are
self-propelled
flowers.”
R. H. Heinein

44. “The care of rivers is
not a question of
rivers, but of the
human heart.”
Tanako Shozo

45. “The spirits of the road beckoned,
and I could do no work at all.”
Basho

46. “Not all who wander
are lost.”
J. R. R. Tolkien

47. “Aerodynamically
the bumble bee
should not
be able to fly,
but
the bumble bee
doesn’t know it
so it goes
on flying
anyway.”
Mary Kay Ash

48. “Happiness is like a butterfly
which, when pursued,
is always
just beyond your grasp,
but which, if you will sit
quietly, may alight upon You.”
Nathaniel Hawthorne

49. A
“Earth laughs in flowers.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson

50. “Everywhere
is walking
distance
if
you have
the time.”
Steven Wright

51. “Every leaf speaks bliss to me
fluttering from the autumn tree.”
Emily Bronte

52. a
A
“If my soul could get
away from this
so-called prison . . . ,
my first journeys
would be into the
inner substance
of flowers.” John Muir

54. “My heart is tuned to the quietness that the
stillness of nature inspires.” Hazrat Inayat Khan

55. “We do not inherit the earth from our
ancestors, we borrow it from our children.”
American Proverb

56. “Be like a tree in
pursuit
of your cause.
Stand firm,
grip hard,
thrust upward,
bend to the winds
of heaven,
and learn
tranquility.”
Dedication
from Father of the Trees

57. “Time spent among
trees is never wasted.”

58. AA
“No bird soars too high if he
soars with his own wing.”
William Blake

59. “Amidst the splendor of the scene
and the silence
I was filled with a wonderful peace.”
Basho

60. “He who
plants a tree
plants hope.”
Lucy Larcorn

61. Zeno was right: “The goal of life is living
in agreement with nature.”
It is always there for us as a retreat when
life gets too hectic. It is our responsibility
to help protect this natural world that
sustains us all. In 2017, let’s remember to
not only notice and appreciate the miracle
of Nature that is all around but to protect it
for future generations as well.
“We do no great things, only small things with great love.” --Mother Teresa
“We must be the change we wish to see in the world.” --Ghandi