While putting some potatoes in the ground today I remembered an old quote from John Borroughs. One has only to sit down in the woods or the fields, or by the shore of the river or the lake and nearly everything of interest will come round to him, - the birds, the animals, the insects: and presently , after his eye has got accustomed to the place , and the light and the shade, he will probably see some plant or flower that he has sought in vain, and that is a pleasant surprise to him. So on a large scale, the student and lover of nature has the advantage over people who gad up and down the world, seeking some novelty or excitement; he has only to stay at home and see the procession pass. The great globe swings round to him like a revolving showcase; the change of seasons is like the passing of strange and new countries; the zones of the earth, with all their beauties and marvels pass one's door and linger long in the passing.

-- jz (oz49us@yahoo.com), March 19, 2001

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YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! God bless.

-- Lesley (martchas@bellsouth.net), March 19, 2001.

Couldn't have said better myself..Sherry

-- sherry (chickadee259@yahoo.com), March 20, 2001.

jz.. lovely. I looked around the net for more of his writings and came up empty. If you know of a link to his works I would be most appreciative.

-- Carole (carle@earthlink.net), March 20, 2001.

That was a wonderful "hey wow"!! My dear one and I have often said that if we just sit tight and watch closely, the world will show us what we need to see. Thanks for the posting.

-- diane (gardiacaprines@yahoo.com), March 20, 2001.

Oh yes!!! And how true!! Just happened to me in a really *BIG* way the past weekend! God works in mysterious ways.... (!!!)

-- Sue Diederich (willow666@rocketmail.com), March 20, 2001.