things to be happy about nature

• velvet paws
• the underbelly of a mammoth tree
• pinnacles of sandstone among orange dunes
• massive stars overhead
• wild goats running amok
• a mountain so massive it creates its own weather
• trees outlined in white lights
• the Australian Alps
• a sudden carpet of snow
• bird wing flapping: fast, slow, intermittent, random
• cyanobacteria, a form of life dating back billions of years and responsible for oxygenating Earth's atmosphere
• getting to know the night sky and watching it change with the seasons
• hot desert nights
• flower petals reaching to the sky