It was a rainy day today, but I spent the afternoon at the Delaware Nature Society’s Ashland Nature Center. Here are some lovely quotes I found there that seemed so appropriate for us:

“When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe.” John Muir

“Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.” Albert Einstein

“A weed is a plant whose virtue is not yet known.” Ralph Waldo Emerson

“One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.” William Shakespeare

And finally, this almost brought tears to my eyes:
“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” Anais Nin

This native wood aster is very common in the woods around here. I transplanted this one from the wooded yard of a friend, and amazingly, it took!