Book Beginning: Embracing the Seasons by Gunilla Norris

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Embracing the Seasons: Memories of a Country Garden by Gunilla Norris, published June 8, 2015 by BlueBridge

Book beginning:

Peepers
These tiny frogs announce the arrival of spring. In the early mornings, their high chorus of trills begins to rise from the pond and the nearby marsh. They are a life sign.
I have never laid eyes on them. But as spring advances, their chorus grows until there is a continuous high pitch day and night. "The waters are warm enough. The sun is warm enough. Live," they sing. "Live!"

Page 55:

First of all, nature holds us. From the ground up we are
supported - earth, air, water, and crops that sustain us.
We are because the world is.

Book description:
Observations of a year lived in the countryside and the abundance ...  of nature and its cycles of renewal. 
The book begins in the spring, with the birds singing in the darkness of dawn and the buds knobbing up on the trees and bushes, and then circles through the warmth and richness of summer, the golden bounty of fall, and the dark serenity of winter. Until it is spring once more.
By illuminating the joy and beauty of daily life, it is an invitation to find and honor the sacred in the place we call home. (publisher)

A combination of thoughts and poetry, in praise of nature.