Innocence

InnocenceIn the morning hours, on a dusty road in central India I came across this dainty new flower just awakening to an old world environment. Not yet stained with the dregs of experience, nor depleted by exposure to a midday sun, it bared itself as the very essence of purity and innocence.

Thomas Jefferson

Cloth-covered hardcover in three decor-friendly options: Ocean (Blue)

The approach of winter weather sends whales from colder northern climes to the Hawaiian Islands where they  favor the comparatively warm waters to breed and calve

Waterfalls of the Pacific Northwest

The population of the black rhinoceros has dwindled to only about one for every 5500 square kilometers in Africa

Yet in this group of high profile and very individual neighbors

The view here is from Rim Rock Drive across the Grand Valley of the Colorado to Book Cliffs

Red Tail Hawk in a sky-dash

Warm light bathes while migrating mists steep the snow covered slopes of the Wrangell Mountains

"That's the most beautiful rainbow I've ever seen" she said as she graciously ignored my intrusion

Cloud apertures apportion light & life to the muted tones of a rainy weather landscape

It is thick with forest elements including berries and numerous herbs