Listening to Nature

“Reading about nature is fine, but if a person walks
in the woods and listens carefully,
he can learn more than what is in books,
for they speak with the voice of God.”
–George Washington Carver (1864–1943)

Nature

"Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

"I thank you God for this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of trees, and for the blue dream of sky and for everything which is natural, which is infinite, which is yes." ~e.e. cummings

"To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon the verdant green hills is the most perfect refreshment." ~ Jane Austin


"Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished." ~ Lao Tzu


"I think the environment should be put in the category of our national security. Defense of our resources is just as important as defense abroad. Otherwise what is there to defend?"
~Robert Redford

"In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks."
~John Muir

"Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better."
~Albert Einstein

"We do not see nature with our eyes, but with our understandings and our hearts."
~William Hazlitt

Photographs © Copyright 2010 by Ted Grussing.
Photos taken in Village of Oak Creek, Sedona, AZ

~Linda

Flowers of Springtime

“Come the spring with all its splendor,
All its birds and all its blossoms,
All its flowers, and leaves, and grasses.”
–Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882)

“Each flower is a soul opening out to nature.”
–Gėrard de Nerval (1808–1855)

“Nature is an unlimited broadcasting station, through which God
speaks to us every hour, if only we will tune in.”
–George Washington Carver (1864–1903)

“I found that when I talk to the little flower or to the little peanut
they will give up their secrets...”
–George Washington Carver (1804–1903)

“Look about, O what do I see?
O Spring, smiling at me–
Wake up, O pretty flower,
Spring has come, now is the hour!”
–Linda Pendleton

Photographs Copyright © 2010 by Linda Pendleton

Our Earth and the Environment

"This we know: the earth does not belong to man, man belongs to the earth.
All things are connected like the blood that unites us all.
Man does not weave this web of life. He is merely a strand of it.
Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself."
–Chief Seattle (1786–1866)

"It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment." ~Ansel Adams

"There is hope if people will begin to awaken that spiritual part of themselves, that heartfelt knowledge that we are caretakers of this planet." ~Brooke Medicine Eagle

"I think the environment should be put in the category of our national security. Defense of our resources is just as important as defense abroad. Otherwise what is there to defend?" ~Robert Redford, Yosemite National Park Dedication, 1985

"For the first time in the history of the world, every human being is now subjected to contact with dangerous chemicals, from the moment of conception until death." ~Rachel Carson, Silent Spring, 1962

"Nature is an unlimited broadcasting station, through which God speaks to us every hour, if only we will tune in." ~George Washington Carver (1864–1943)

"One touch of nature makes the whole world kin." ~Shakespeare

Photos by Linda

Beauty of Nature

Over the centuries inspirational writers have penned beautiful poetry and prose regarding nature. It seems that too often our perceptions of the wonder and beauty of nature are somewhat clouded by everyday life and we forget to relish what nature has given us.

Children seem to have an innate curiosity about the wonder and magic of nature, but it seems we move away from that childlike curiosity as we grow. When was the last time you bent down on your knee to examine a tender green sprout that had recently broken through the rich brown soil and wondered how long it would be before it would become a beautiful wildflower? Have you often longed to see the barren winter turn toward early spring and bring forth the deep yellow of daffodils and soft pinks of tree blossoms?

“A light broke in upon my soul—
It was the carol of a bird;
It ceased—and then it came again
The sweetest song ear ever heard.”
Lord Byron (1788-1824)

~Linda

Dolphins Playing and Learning...Teaching?

“Adapt the pace of nature, her secret is patience.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)

“All the animals excepting man know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it.”
~Samuel Butler (1835-1902)

“Unleash your creative power. Let it flow in all its beauty.” ~Don Pendleton (1927-1995)

My thanks to Ann Albers, Visions of Heaven, for bringing this inspirational video to my attention by featuring it in her newsletter this week.

My © photographs of the dolphins at Sea World, San Diego, CA.

~Linda

Nature Quotations

~by Linda