John Muir - The Yosemite: When One Tugs at a Single Thing in Nature, He Finds It Attached to the Rest of the World. | 
1. Many years ago, my grandmother took a winter trip through Yosemite where they rode big transport buses on the cleared roads in the park. I guess they stayed in the lodges at night? Anyway, it sounded like a fun winter vacation.
2. I would bring a tote bag full of books and then spend most of my time looking out the windows.
#two4tuesday
pickA small painting inspired by John Muir‘s yosemite, nothing causes daydreams like that place. Sorry it‘s a lil off topic, but I often paint scenes from books so I figured this may be interesting to some
#30daysofgratitude
Nov 27 #optoutside prompt - REI hosts the #optoutside challenge every year. They close their stores on Black Friday and encourage everyone to go outside for fresh air and adventure. #Optoutside today. Go for a walk. Step outside on your porch. Take a deep breath and be thankful. We are so lucky to live in a world with adventure and the great outdoors. https://www.rei.com/opt-outside
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“When we contemplate the whole globe as one great dewdrop, striped and dotted with continents and islands, flying through space with other stars all singing and shining together as one, the whole universe appears as an infinite storm of beauty.” #island #QuotsyMar20
panSorry John Muir, and my husband, who bought me this book...For every beautiful description of a waterfall and “the mountains are calling...” there is a too long too detailed description of pine needles or “in their usual murdering, plundering style” racism. I will always love Yosemite, especially because it is the hubby‘s favorite place on the planet, but this book was painful! 😢🤷🏼♀️
#litsyclassics
I‘ve been away from Litsy for a few days, mostly watching Netflix (The new Queer Eye is so fun). It‘s going to be raining again here all weekend so hopefully I can make it through my #currentreads, I feel like I‘ve been stuck on them for a while.
Also, my husband bought me chocolates the day after Valentines for 1/2 off because he knows I‘m a monster who bites into each of them to see which ones I like. Not a lot of winners in this box. 😂
Book with a view 😊 Visiting Yosemite today.
A few months back, I wrote a post for @bookriot that collected 100 fantastic books on the National Park Service, including Joh Muir's foundational book: http://bookriot.com/?p=116036 #FindYourPark #NPS100
"Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul." John Muir, from The Yosemite, as quoted in Quotation Book: Our National Parks.
Photo: Cape Cod National Seashore.
