“One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.” — William Shakespeare
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“The poetry of the earth is never dead.” — John Keats
“Art is a harmony parallel with nature.” — Paul Cezanne
“A lake is the landscape’s most beautiful and expressive feature. It is Earth’s eye; looking into which the beholder measures the depth of his own nature.” – Henry David Thoreau
“Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.” ~ Albert Einstein
Some images from this past Sunday’s nature trek. Devil’s Ridge received its name in 1863 during the Civil War. It’s said that few men would risk their lives to penetrate these bluffs and thickets during the war as a lot of rough characters would hide out here. About halfway, a little over two miles, you reach the highest point of the ridge. This is where butterflies will gather for an activity known as hilltopping in search of mates (applied to human social behavior – “cruising”). Seventy – five butterfly species it’s said can be found here during the summer months.
“I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown,
for going out, I found, was really going in.” John Muir
The artist is the confidant of nature, flowers carry on dialogues with him through the graceful bending of their stems and the harmoniously tinted nuances of their blossoms. Every flower has a cordial word which nature directs towards him. ~Auguste Rodin
“There is a pleasure in the pathless woods,
There is a rapture on the lonely shore,
There is society, where none intrudes,
By the deep sea, and music in its roar:
I love not man the less, but Nature more”
Lord Byron
The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.
Francis Bacon
In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.
John Muir
Maverick Mist 
