things to be happy about nature

• fall foliage illuminated against a stormy gray sky
• marigolds like shaggy suns
• being able to identify animal tracks
• that the magnificent variety of the clouds and weather came from the total simplicity of the sun and moon
• when apes swing from branch to branch by the arms
• wading through warm ripples
• sandstone weathering formations
• snowy beaches and billowy palms
• listening to chickadees
• enjoying the morning sun
• trailing arbutus in the woods
• watching an ostrich egg hatching
• a glint of bare rock
• wild berries slowly deepening into velvety purple