Wild strawberries
I think I have finally figured out what interests the deer who visit the back of our backyard: Fragaria vesca, or wild strawberries. They’re why the deer appear so choosy as they browse the ground.
Sunday in the park with geese
After Seurat.
“The repeated refrains of nature”
Rachel Carson: “There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature — the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after the winter.”
“Useful, poetic,” &c.
Rachel Peden: “A garden makes me feel useful, poetic, comforted, overworked, justified for living, luxurious.”
“On speaking terms with yourself”
Rachel Peden: “If you’re not on speaking terms with yourself, you need to do something about it.”