There are moments when I am overcome with wonder at the
incredible array of life on this planet. It is simply breathtaking. Have you
ever looked at the blossom on a mimosa tree? It’s a thing of beauty and so
unique with its look of puffy softness, created by hundreds of tiny fingers of
color reaching for the light. Or the colors and patterns on a turtle’s shell,
different on each turtle. Miraculous! The variety of shades of green and blooms
in our garden is mind blowing! The heck with those shades of gray, have you
ever really looked at trees or the grass or a garden and seen how many shades
of green there are? I think Crayola could do a box of 64 just for green.
Then there are the birds! I recently did some birding with
my sisters and going through the bird identification book made me laugh. Identifying
them depends upon the slightest variation in color on the head or curve in the
beak or length of the legs. And it was true, there could be two white birds
wading through the water in front of us and one could be a snowy egret and the
other a great egret or even an immature little blue heron, and don’t even get
me started on the sandpipers and dowitchers! Or take a look at trees. There are
60 species of oak trees native to the US alone each with a different shape to
its leaves or a different texture to its bark. Of course, let me not forget the
amazing humans in our world. Even they come in a vast assortment of skin colors
and hair colors, some with freckles, some with long fingers or small feet or
round bellies, all with beautiful smiles.
For me it is a joy to bear witness to the magnificent
expression of life on this lovely planet. What a gift to be able to watch with
wonder the bounty and beauty all around.
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