the theater of Nature

regeneration

the maple seed carries life within its pod and even the form of the tree is imprinted on the skin of the pod.
how amazing is nature

to ward off danger and to be carried away: Nature crafts

an object of curiosity: moist or viscuous
Darwin's nature not nature by design

Bess and I witness a "homicide"; or Nature's antipathies

Walking in the Commons this afternoon 3 January, 2011, Bess and I became aware, Bess first, of a commotion; as we approached a hawk flew off, holding a squirrel in its talons. The bird had torn the poor creature's thorax and tore out two organs. Interrupted it left the heart and liver behind as it took flight with its booty. Bess was not allowed to approach the remains.

mille fleurs

The Natural Altar