Day 235 – Virtues
“What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have never been discovered.”~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
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“What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have never been discovered.”~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
“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
Catkins, Catkins peek out your furry head Upon the branchlet within the meadow Remember curiosity killed the cat, stone dead Nature’s furry, cocoons upon the willow Beat the leaf and spring shall come As soon […]
“All problems become smaller if you don’t dodge them, but confront them. Touch a thistle timidly, and it pricks you; grasp it boldly, and its spines crumble.” ~ William Halsey
“Look up, now look down. Up is endless, down has an ending. Always look up.” ~ Mod Sun
“Moss is inconceivably strong. Moss eats stone; scarcely anything, in return, eats moss. Moss dines upon boulders, slowly but devastatingly, in a meal that lasts for centuries. Given enough time, a colony of moss can […]
“The beauty of life is in small details, not in big events.” ~ Jim Jarmusch
“Dreams are the seeds of change. Nothing ever grows without a seed, and nothing ever changes without a dream.” ~ Debby Boone
“In this respect rosehips are the royals of the hedgerow with their vibrant red swellings, not only brightening up winter hedgerows but also being esteemed for their edible and medicinal merits.” ~ Kitty Scully
“What miracle of weird transforming Is this wild work of frost and light, This glimpse of glory infinite?” ~ John Greenleaf Whittier