woodland path
Spring drew on…and a greenness grew over those brown beds, which, freshening daily,
suggested the thought that Hope traversed them at night,
and left each morning brighter traces of her steps.”
~ Charlotte Bronte, in “Jane Eyre”
spring waterfall
In those vernal seasons of the year, when the air is calm and pleasant,
it were an injury and sullenness against nature not to go out and see her riches,
and partake in her rejoicing with heaven and earth.
~ John Milton
yellow pussy willow
She turned to the sunlight
And shook her yellow head,
And whispered to her neighbour:
“Winter is dead.”
~ A.A. Milne
for Dad – flying home
Someday we are going to see God in His completeness, face-to-face.
Now all that I know is hazy and blurred,
but then I will see everything clearly…
~ 1 Cor 13:12
picnic
Happiness is a picnic for two.
blossom
Beauty is all that is glory and God is Beauty embodied, glory manifested.
This is what I crave: I hunger for Beauty…..
God revealing the weight of Himself, all His glory, through the looking glass of nature …
I pay tribute to God by paying attention.
~ Ann Voskamp
crocus
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Lenten Rose
Lent comes providentially to reawaken us,
to shake us from our lethargy.
~ Pope Francis
the dancer
The essence of dance is the expression of man — the landscape of his soul.
~ Martha Graham
solitude
Then stirs the feeling infinite, so felt
In solitude, when we are least alone.
~ Lord Byron
An Inspired Lens 