things to be happy about nature

• there's a blue sky outside
• the Blue Moon butterfly of Madagascar, Southeast Asia, South Pacific
• horses' noses making steam
• variegated Norway maple leaves
• acres of sunflower fields
• fences covered with honeysuckle
• rags of white clouds rolling in from the sea
• the blue-white shadow of a snowy hedge
• wheat turning the color of molten gold
• burbling mud pots, cracking ice lagoons, natural pools, explosive geysers
• animals living contentedly in the present moment
• planets and their moons
• the first drops of rain on the roof
• sponges swaying on a reef