Pine Needle Path
Walking on a forest path covered with pine needles is a sweet thing. They are soft and silent underfoot. They provide many of us with many Moments of Joy.
Leaf Logic Magic
Little behind on posting Moments of Joy… so much bad stuff going on. But the more the bad stuff, the more necessary are Moments of Joy. So I was overcome by the perfection of the structure of this leaf. I think all leaves are an expression of ideal vein structure that both supplies and supports […]
Feline Feng Shui
At the risk of offending again the anti-cat and anti-pet followers of this journal (and I know you are out there) here is another cat photo that gave me a Moment of Joy. This morning Daisy and Sophie arranged themselves in perfect matching poses at the corners of my bed. Now, I really deeply love […]
One Fine Day
https://vimeo.com/428900785 Can’t get enough of clouds… this is a such a fine planet. By contrast, Venus has an atmosphere with much CO2 and sulfur dioxide at a temperature in the hundreds of degrees, due to runaway greenhouse effect. Our planet is quite perfect; we really should be protecting it…
Rain
https://jonsjournal.life/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/rain-window.mov Imagine a planet so nearly perfect that clouds come over and drop rain so that plants and animals can thrive. Most planets are not so loving. (It loops, so it will rain forever…)
The Giant Leaf Approach
I had a conversation the other day with a burdock plant. It is the plant with gigantic leaves that later in the summer produces Velcro-like sticky burrs. I asked the burdock about its giant leaves. I said that in the tropics many plants have giant leaves in order to gather more sunlight, but here in […]
A Quiet Moment
Here is a little quiet moment, with sound optional. It loops: you can stare at it as long as you want… https://vimeo.com/424853522
Feathers and Eggs
When you put up birdhouses and birds choose to live in them it’s a good feeling. When they lay tiny eggs, smaller than your pinky fingernail, even better. When they pull out their own feathers to soften, decorate and disguise the nest it gives me a moment of pure joy.
Spring Farm Field
In spite of the fact that I know that farming is a difficult, dirty, and sometimes dangerous way to make a living, none of that can take away from the feeling of joy that I get from seeing a freshly plowed field in spring, with a rich green forest around them. This is the conservation […]
Ring of Petals
Every spring there are a few days when flower petals rain down and create fleeting artworks on the ground. The wind nudges them into the corners and edges of the landscape where they highlight the shapes they surround.