To sooth the soul

I go to nature to be soothed and healed,

and to have my senses put in order.

~  John Burroughs

What better way to relax and recharge our connection with Mother Earth, than a quiet walk in the woods. Landsford Canal, Chester County, South Carolina.

September on the Catawba

"By all these lovely tokens
September days are here,
With summer’s best of weather
And autumn’s best of cheer."
-  Helen Hunt Jackson, September, 1830-1885

September 1st

" Sorrow and scarlet leaf,
Sad thoughts and sunny weather.
Ah me, this glory and this grief
Agree not well together!"
-  Thomas Parsons, 1880, A Song For September

Summer Grass

"I celebrate myself, and what I assume you shall assume,  For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.  I loafe and invite my soul, I lean and loafe at my ease ... observing a spear of summer grass."
-  Walt Whitman 

 

No limitations

“Don’t believe what your eyes are telling you. All they show is limitation. Look with your understanding. Find out what you already know and you will see the way to fly.”

― Richard Bach, Jonathan Livingston Seagull

Come on, let me have a bite

Yue loves to sit on my shoulder, but sometimes it makes for eating a challenge. This is the only time she got on my shoulders while I was trying to eat.

“The purity of a person’s heart can quickly be measured by how they regard animals.” ~Anonymous