Pray to What Earth

Pray to what earth does this sweet cold belong,
Which asks no duties and no conscience?
The moon goes up by leaps, her cheerful path
In some far summer stratum of the sky,
While stars with their cold shine bedot her way.
The fields gleam mildly back upon the sky,
And far and near upon the leafless shrubs
The snow dust still emits a silver light.
Under the hedge, where drift banks are their screen,
The titmice now pursue their downy dreams,
As often in the sweltering summer nights
The bee doth drop asleep in the flower cup,
When evening overtakes him with his load.
By the brooksides, in the still, genial night,
The more adventurous wanderer may hear
The crystals shoot and form, and winter slow
Increase his rule by gentlest summer means.

By Henry David Thoreau.

We hope each and every one of you has a peaceful, beautiful, Earth-loving day.  Please visit the Earth Day website for A Billion Acts of Green.  Try one!  You might like it!

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Once again, it’s time for Thankful Thursday! I hope this post inspires you to consider the things in your life that you are grateful for. If you have a blog, consider posting about it there and link back here. If you don’t have a blog, please feel welcome to comment here on what you are grateful for in your own life. If you don’t feel comfortable sharing, then just take a few moments to reflect on all that you have. If you’d like to tag other bloggers that participate, feel free to do that.

Happy Earth Day everyone!  This is the 40th anniversary of the Earth Day celebration, developed to inspire and encourage people to embrace sustainable living.  Here in Central Florida, we celebrate Earth Day with festivals and concerts to raise funds for environmental awareness.  For Earth Day this year, I’m going to spend some time working on my balcony garden.  Thanks to a great coworker, I now have a few more plants to add to my collection.  Grady and I will make a run to the local nursery, where we can enjoy being outdoors in this gorgeous weather and peruse the offerings.  Do you have an Earth Day tradition?  Do you celebrate the holiday?  Let me know what your tradition consists of!

I hope you all have a wonderful, happy Earth Day Thursday and please visit these other sites that frequently participate in Thankful Thursday:

Akal Ranch, Enlightened Horsemanship Through Touch, The Pony Expression, and Tired Dog Ranch.