"Parents sometimes lecture children for snipping paper into fanciful shapes. How busily the Creator is at work today upon ornamental flower tissue! Those terribly correct parents ought to consider their Creator and learn of Him, or, to be consistent, include Him in their fault-finding lectures forbidding waste of time on frivolous fancy!"
The Contemplative John Muir, p. 291
Photo: Pasqueflowers and Mt. Rainier, Summerland, Mt. Rainier National Park, WA; July 24, 2012. Notice that Rainier pasqueflowers are white, while those of the Rocky Mountains are mostly blue or purple.
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