Earth is Crammed with Heaven

Beach on Atlantic Ocean

Published on 2012-01-25 09:10:00

The Peace of Wild ThingsWhen despair for the world grows in meand I wake in the night at the least soundin fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be,I go and lie down where the wood drakerests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds.I come into the peace of wild thingswho do not tax their lives with forethoughtof grief. I come into the presence of still water.And I feel above me the day-blind starswaiting with their light. For a timeI rest in the grace of the world, and

Mottle Purse Crab (Persephona mediterranea)

Published on 2011-10-13 16:59:00

 The essence of all pantheism, evolutionism, and modern cosmic religion is really in this proposition: that Nature is our mother. Unfortunately, if you regard Nature as a mother, you discover that she is a step-mother. The main point of Christianity was this: that Nature is not our mother: Nature is our sister. We can be proud of her beauty, since we have the same father; but she has no authority over us; we have to admire, but not to imitate. This gives to the typically Christian pleasure

Royal Starfish (Astropecten articulatus)

Published on 2011-10-09 16:31:00

StarsAlone in the nightOn a dark hillWith pines around meSpicy and still,And a heaven full of starsOver my head,White and topazAnd misty red;Myriads with beatingHearts of fireThat aeonsCannot vex or tire;Up the dome of heavenLike a great hill,I watch them marchingStately and still,And I know that IAm honored to beWitnessOf so much majesty. Sarah Teasdale

Passionflower (Passiflora incarnata)

Published on 2011-10-04 17:16:00

"What we called love down there was mostly the craving to be loved. In the main, I loved you for my own sake, because I needed you."  "And now! You need me no more?""But of course not!" said the Lady; and her smile made me wonder how both the phantoms could refrain from crying out with joy."What needs could I have now that I have all? I am full now, not emptyI am in Love Himself, not lonely, not weak. You shall be the same. Come and see. We shall have

Figeater Beetle (Cotinis mutabilis)

Published on 2011-09-16 15:02:00

ForgivenI found a little beetle; so that Beetle was his name,And I called him Alexander and he answered just the same.I put him in a match-box, and I kept him all the day ...And Nanny let my beetle out -Yes, Nanny let my beetle out -She went and let my beetle out -And Beetle ran away.She said she didn't mean it, and I never said she did,She said she wanted matches and she just took off the lid,She said that she was sorry, but it's difficult to catchAn excited sort of beetle you've mistaken for a

Robber Fly (Asilidae)

Published on 2011-08-16 09:16:00

There was an old lady who swallowed a fly,I don't know why she swallowed a fly,Perhaps she'll die...Rose Bonne

Paper Wasp Nest

Published on 2011-07-17 04:07:00

It started with seeing nature and ended with seeing God. It started in literature, and ended in Romans and Psalms. It started with walks through the grass and woods and lagoons, and ended in walks through the high plains of theology.Not that nature and literature and grass and woods and lagoons disappeared,but they became more obviously copies and pointers.John Piper

Emerging Cicada (Tibicen cholormera)

Published on 2011-07-09 22:47:00

Most of the North American species are in the genus Tibicen: the annual or dog-day cicadas (so named because they emerge in late July and August ). The best-known North American genus is Magicicada, however. These periodical cicadas have an extremely long life cycle of 13 to 17 years and emerge in large numbers. Another American species is the Apache cicada, Diceroprocta apache. wikipedia

Night

Published on 2011-07-06 01:06:00

The Dark Night Of The SoulOnce in a dark of night,Inflamed with love and wanting, I arose(O coming of delight!)And went, as no one knows,When all my house lay long in deep reposeAll in the dark went right,Down secret steps, disguised in other clothes,(O coming of delight!)In dark when no one knows,When all my house lay long in deep repose.And in the luck of nightIn secret places where no other spiedI went without my sightWithout a light to guideExcept the heart that lit me from inside.It guided

Arabesque Orb Weaver (Neoscona arabesca)

Published on 2011-07-01 01:10:00

In 2007, A Giant Spider Web began to form in an East Texas State Park. Several different types of spiders worked together This is one of them. I took this picture in the park where this phenomenon took place. It made world wide news. You can read more about it here:http://spiderjoe.com/giant-webs-2007An excerpt from the news:If you hate creepy-crawlies, you might want to avoid Lake Tawakoni State Park, where a 200-yard stretch along a nature trail has been blanketed by a sprawling spider web