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Finding Spring
In January, I did a page titled "Searching for Winter," describing our
especially mild winter this year.  The warm weather has continued, with only
a brief day of more normal, cool weather showing itself occasionally.  It's
a rare occurence when my Mardi Gras decorations share the yard with my
blooming azaleas in February - but, no matter the date, if the azaleas
are blooming, it must be spring!
It's a little early for those of you in a more northerly climate, but,
surrounded as I am by azaleas ablaze in full bloom, I couldn't resist searching
for spring photos this week.  If you're still in the midst of winter, I hope this
will be a happy reminder that spring isn't far away.  -- Nancy
John Burroughs was an American naturalist and essayist, very active and well
known in the U.S. conservation movement of the late 19th/early 20th century.
He was a close friend of Pres. Theodore Roosevelt and poet Walt Whitman.
The quotes on this page are from the writings of John Burroughs.
The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention.
I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks
I want to take, all the books I want to read and all the friends I want to see.
Opportunity is where you are.  Don't despise your place
and hour.  Every place is the center of the world.
To find the universal elements enough; to find the air and the water
exhilarating; to be refreshed by a morning walk; to be thrilled by the
stars at night; to be elated over a bird's nest or a wildflower in spring
...these are some of the rewards of the simple life
I am an old man now and am come to the summit of my years.  But in my
heart is the joy of youth, for I have learned that the essential things of
life are near at hand and happiness is his who but opens his eyes to
the beauty which lies before him.
I go to nature to be soothed and healed and to have my senses put in order.
Man preaches; nature teaches.
To learn something new, take the path that you took yesterday.
I am in love with this world.  It has been my home, my point
of outlook into the universe.  I have never bruised myself
against it or tried to use it ignobly.
Thomas Edison, John Burroughs and Henry Ford, 1914