First Day

"There is nothing inorganic. These foliaceous heaps lie along the bank like the slag of a furnace, showing that Nature is "in full blast" within. The earth is not a mere fragment of dead history, stratum upon stratum like the leaves of a book, to be studied by geologists and antiquaries chiefly, but living poetry like the leaves of a tree." ~ Henry David Thoreau

It's here -- the first day of spring. Someday, I want to celebrate these "first days" as holidays. I want to nurture in my child a love of nature as strong as my own!

Here's to...

(Charles Haigh-Wood, Picking Flowers for a Posy)