Tag: national wildlife refuges

year falling asleep

cricket in a flower by Steve Hillebrand
cricket in a flower by Steve Hillebrand
Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge, Alabama

The sound of the crickets gradually prevails more and more. I hear the year falling asleep.
~ Henry David Thoreau
(Journal, August 21, 1852)

soft memories drifting

USFWS – cotton-grass on wetlands
Selawik National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska

Softer than cotton-grass swaying in the wind
deep in the mountain clearing,
are the memories that drift through a man’s own mind
a pale, wind-swept evening.
~ Olav Aukrust
(The Northern Light)