Nature is painting for us pictures of infinite beauty.

"Nature is painting for us, day after day, pictures of infinite beauty if only we have eyes to see them . . ."

John Ruskin

I am continually fascinated by the beauty of some of our burned landscapes.  Here, the blackened trunks of Ponderosa Pine contrast beautifully with the ruddy color of grasses and Wild Plum bushes that came back after the fire.  

Photo: Galena Burn, seven months after the fire; Lory State Park, CO; October 25, 2013

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The purest and most thoughtful minds are those which love color the most.

“The purest and most thoughtful minds are those which love color the most. ” 

John Ruskin

Photo: Aspens on the Oh-Be-Joyful Trail, Kebler Pass; near Crested Butte, CO; September 22, 2012.  This swatch of aspen trees is the second largest in the world.  The largest is in the mountains of Utah. 

I don't want the sight of any thrones in heaven but the rocks.

"But for me, the mountains and their people were alike beautiful in their snow, and in their humanity; and I wanted, neither for them nor myself, the sight of any thrones in heaven but the rocks, nor of any spirits in heaven but the clouds."

John Ruskin
19th century English art critic

Photo: Green Quartzite on Medicine Bow Pass, with Sugarloaf Mountain in the background; Snowy Range, WY; August 18, 2012.  Yes, the quartzite really is this intense color of green!