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Millersylvania State Park

Posted on October 22, 2024 | 9 comments

Our son and daughter-in-law, who live near Olympia, Washington, treated us to a hike at Millersylvania State Park.

The 903 acre park is an old growth forest with camping, boating, hiking, biking, bird watching, fishing, and swimming beaches on Deep Lake. It was built by the CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) in 1935 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

I understand the park is a very busy destination in the summer, but on this day, in October, the park was a sheer delight to be in.

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“And into the forest I go to lose my mind and find my soul.” -John Muir

“Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence.” -Hal Borland

The Hubster and daughter-in-law are in the photo below. Do you see them?

“But I’ll tell you what hermits realize. If you go off into a far, far forest and get very quiet, you’ll come to understand that you’re connected with everything.” -Alan Watts

“I’m always astonished by a forest. It makes me realise that the fantasy of nature is much larger than my own fantasy. I still have things to learn.” -Gunter Grass

“We can learn a lot from trees: they’re always grounded but never stop reaching heavenward. ” -Everett Mamor

“There is always an adventure waiting in the woods.” -Katelyn S. Bolds

“Time spent amongst trees is never wasted time.” -Katrina Mayer

“Be like a tree. Stay grounded. Connect with your roots. Turn over a new leaf. Bend before you break. Enjoy your unique natural beauty. Keep growing.” -Joanne Raptis

“You can walk in a dream while you are awake: Just walk in the misty morning of a forest!” -Mehmet Murat Ildan

“Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps a singing bird will come.“ -Chinese proverb

“Leave the roads; take the trails.” -Pythagoras

“Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong” -Winston Churchill

See the world around you!

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A Stroll in the Garden

Posted on April 7, 2024 | 4 comments

A continuation from the previous post.

Early spring. Enjoy.

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“Spring is far more than just a changing of seasons; it’s a rebirth of the spirit.” —Toni Sorenson

“Spring: a lovely reminder of how beautiful change can truly be.” —Unknown

“Spring drew on…and a greenness grew over those brown beds, which, freshening daily, suggested the thought that Hope traversed them at night, and left each morning brighter traces of her steps.” —Charlotte Brontë

“Spring work is going on with joyful enthusiasm.” —John Muir

“Behold, my friends, the spring is come; the earth has gladly received the embraces of the sun, and we shall soon see the results of their love.” —Sitting Bull

“If you’ve never been thrilled to the very edges of your soul by a flower in spring bloom, maybe your soul has never been in bloom.” —Audra Foveo

“If people did not love one another, I really don’t see what use there would be in having any spring.” —Victor Hugo

“Nothing ever seems impossible in spring, you know.” – L.M. Montgomery

“The deep roots never doubt spring will come.” – Marty Rubin

“Spring shows what God can do with a drab and dirty world.” – Virgil A. Kraft

See the world around you!

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Log Flume Heritage Site

Posted on June 24, 2023 | 4 comments

Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul. -John Muir

How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains!

There is that in the glance of a flower which may at times control the greatest of creation’s braggart lords.

Between every two pine trees there is a door leading to a new way of life.

I only went out for a walk, and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in.

Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine into trees.

From the dust of the earth, from the common elementary fund, the Creator has made Homo sapiens. From the same material he has made every other creature, however noxious and insignificant to us. They are earth-born companions and our fellow mortals.

I care to live only to entice people to look at Nature’s loveliness. Heaven knows that John the Baptist was not more eager to get all his fellow sinners into the Jordan than I to baptize all of mine in the beauty of God’s mountains.