things to be happy about nature

• green willows softening the river banks
• a permafrost tundra showing polygons
• simple weeds blowing on a windy hill
• a sandstorm coloring the sky the yellow of motel linoleum
• the competing claims of nature
• a glacier cascading into the sea
• the trees smiling as they wait for the sun
• Bryce Canyon National Park's unusual geologic features, the hoodoos (tall spires of stone), more than in any other spot on the planet
• whole foods, foods from nature
• a perfectly rounded stone
• folded salt layers
• daisies and buttercups and cloves
• plants that remind you of spring
• following a wave or a ripple, start to finish, the full cycle of energy on a journey