For flowers that bloom about our feet; For tender grass, so fresh, so sweet; For song of bird, and hum of bee; For all things fair we hear or see, Father in heaven, we thank Thee!Ralph Waldo Emerson
Category: Nature
Silent Sunday
“Dance to the light that is your soul.” ~ Jendayi Frazer
Crazy Horse Memorial: The Story
Seventeen miles from Mount Rushmore is where you will find the largest sculptural undertaking the world has ever known, with a height of 563 feet and a length of 641 feet. However, the story is not so much about the vastness of the sculpture as it is about the people who brought it into existence….
Silent Sunday
“The world has different owners at sunrise… Even your own garden does not belong to you. Rabbits and blackbirds have the lawns; a tortoise-shell cat who never appears in daytime patrols the brick walls, and a golden-tailed pheasant glints his way through the iris spears.” ~ Anne Morrow Lindbergh “Once there was a little bunny…
Mount Rushmore National Memorial
I’ve heard of Mount Rushmore most of my life. I’ve admired the unimaginable ability to carve faces into rock. But I’ve never thought about visiting until I realized how close we would be when passing through South Dakota on our recent road trip. I was excited to see the monument and understand how it might…
