Author: L.E. Hansen

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The Heron

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Cuyahoga Valley National Park shared Andrea Nagy‘s photo.

Yes, winter is in the air this morning. But so is love, Great Blue Herons and Bald Eagles. Thanks to Andrea Nagy for sharing this lovely image. Go ahead…awwwww.

The heron. Such an incredible bird. We used to take a boat out on the river, the Mississippi, and go into one of the byways to search for rookeries. There you would find them, up high above, nesting and waiting. It always struck me as so incongruous that something so big, with legs so long and seemingly frail would nest above. It seemed they should nestle on the banks, into the mud and safety of fallen trees, broken branches. Even when you know what to expect, a surprise, up high above.

Old Moss Woman’s Secret Garden

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Barn Owl photo by Benjamin Joseph Andrew—A Room With A View

“Spring has returned. The Earth is like a child that knows poems.”

~ Rainer Maria Rilke; (1875–1896) Bohemian-Austrian poet

 

It’s a surprise and it’s so very pleasing. Rilke does that by changing from the expected (a child who begins to grow) to the art that is represented— the poem.

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Kafka

Kafka’s famous proclamation: “a book must be the axe for the frozen sea inside us.”

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5 Practices for Nurturing Happiness

tnh-lionsroarBy Thich Nhat Hanh, http://www.lionsroar.com        February 23rd, 2017

Most everyone has heard of TNH. He continues to be an inspiration and guide for Practice. This is an interesting article on Lion’s Roar. Posted on Facebook. And all of us, admitted or not, seek happiness for ourselves. Maybe even those we love.

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Unique House

Don’t you just love things that are unique and understated? How sweet to be lovely and not showy. Things to be noticed: the shape of the windows, the black iron gate to (our) left of house—leading to what? where?—and the blue hydrangea in front of the gate.

The house from “A Room With a View” on Facebook

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