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Monday, May 4, 2009

Evening Words, Wisdom and Beauty




Old friends of mine from Portland came to Seattle and we spent the day together. It was a magnificent day -- we went to Snoqualmi Falls. Everytime I have an opportunity to visit one of the incredibly beautiful places here in the northwest I am reminded all over again of the magic in nature and in the beauty that is all around. It takes my breath away! I share some that beauty with you tonight along with some other people's words about nature and beauty.

Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.
Frank Lloyd Wright



Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.
Rachel Carson



It is a wholesome and necessary thing for us to turn again to the earth and in the contemplation of her beauties to know of wonder and humility.
Rachel Carson

21 comments:

Linda Reeder said...

Yes, indeed. I love being a tourist in my own state. The natural beauty here is breathtaking, especially at this time of year.

Rajesh said...

Beautiful snaps. Do you have any other view of the falls like entire falls.

chrome3d said...

Waterfalls are so complete and owerwhelming entities. Great stuff.

Sylvia K said...

Rajesh, I do have some other views of the falls and I'll post them in a few days. You might like to check out my earlier post on Snoqualmi Falls -- it was one I did for That's My World several weeks ago.

Anonymous said...

That falls is simply amazing!

antigoni said...

Beautiful words and great photos.

Carolyn said...

Sylvia, these are beautiful photos and I especially like Frank Lloyd Wright's quote. Thank you for sharing.
Smiles

This Is My Blog - fishing guy said...

Sylvia: I have been there and eaten at the falls, just beautiful.

Susan at Stony River said...

Beautiful, Sylvia! I'm glad you had such a lovely day, and with friends.

The Retired One said...

Really pretty landscape scenes and I always love flower pics!!

Great Grandma Lin said...

lovely photos and quotes...nature will never fail us.

Great Grandma Lin said...

lovely photos and quotes...nature will never fail us.

bobbie said...

Happy Cinco de Mayo!

The falls are really lovely. Water falls bring us so much joy, by sight and sound.

Inday said...

Beautiful earth, beautiful nature, beautiful world and beautiful words. All beautiful to sum up in a simple word Beauty!

Deborah Godin said...

Those are such beautiful photos- I'm sure you and your friend got all "topped-up" with nature from visiting there!

Michael Horvath said...

Great pics. Boy I need some time off....

Elizabeth Bradley said...

I was born in Seattle and spent most of my childhood in Portland Oregon. We used to drive outside of town to visit Multnomah Falls. I absolutely love visiting your blog so I can be reminded of how wonderful it is UP THERE. The pictures are gorgeous.

Martha Z said...

Those falls are lovely, can't wait to see them.

Vagabonde said...

I love waterfalls – your pictures are really nice. I think the area around waterfalls are “power” places, don’t you?

Chris said...

Gorgeous shots, I'm jealous of your material there with those falls!

Kay said...

You are so lucky to live there. We were totally impressed with how beautiful Washington state was.

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