Doors of Perception

If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is, infinite. For man has closed himself up, til he sees all things through narrow chinks in his cavern.

#William Blake

Matthaei Gardens, Michigan

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Scottish Lyrics: Burns Night

We twa hae paidl’d i’ the burn,
frae morning sun till dine
But seas between us braid hae roar’d
sin auld lang syne.

Au Sable River, Michigan

Happy birthday, Robbie Burns.

We learn from history that we do not learn from history.

G.W.F. Hegel

Newburgh Lake, Michigan

Graceful Is as Graceful Glides

There’s a double beauty whenever a swan swims on a lake with her double thereon.
–Thomas Hood

Hints of Colors to Come

In my part of Michigan, the leaves are just beginning to change color on the first day of autumn, hinting at glorious colors to follow.

 

Matthaei Gardens, Michigan

The Real Magician was Light Itself

I knew, of course, that trees and plants had roots, stems, bark, branches
and foliage that reached up toward the light. But I was coming to realize
that the real magician was light itself“.
…Edward Steichen…

Kensington Park, Michigan

 

Sunlight Like a Gentle Balm

Summer sounds of a whispering brook and the sunlight pours down like a gentle  balm.

Fleming Creek, Michigan

Serendipity Is a Gentle Goddess

So it was that one sultry summer afternoon I followed this path through the woods and happened to find a small pond and meadow, where the canopy of  trees parted to reveal the blue, blue sky.  Truly, a shelter from the storm.

Kensington Park, Michigan

By Nature’s Presence Enfolded

That sense of serenity and peace we find in nature–is that mildly intoxicating feeling the surfacing of long-forgotten memories of being enfolded in the love of a caretaker?

Newburgh Lake, Michigan

 

Spring’s Floral Merriment

The Earth laughs in flowers

Ralph Waldo Emerson

and the effervescent  stream rushing past joins in the chorus.