Tuesday, July 15, 2014

Oftentimes on awaking, I would find several new plant species leaning over me and looking me full in the face.


"Sauntering in any direction, hundreds of these happy sunplants brushed against my feet in every step, and closed over them as if I were wading in liquid gold . . . The great yellow days circled by uncounted, while I drifted . . . , lying down almost anywhere on the approach of night. And what glorious botanical beds I had! Oftentimes on awaking I would find several new species leaning over me and looking me full in the face, so that my studies would begin before rising."

The Contemplative John Muir

Photo: Glacier Lilies, Snowy Range, WY; July 14, 2014

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