One reader kindly suggested that some of my photos remind her of Andrew Wyeth. I blushed when I read that; how kind, but I’m afraid I’m not close to Wyeth in my pictures, although it was sweet music to my ears. I feel a lot of emotion in my feelings these days.

The sight of the donkeys and sheep all sitting down peacefully and feeling the sun that appeared this afternoon was endearing to me, and I felt how beautiful the idea of the Peaceable Kingdom is and how sad we humans can’t seem to find it outside of our imaginations.

It was a beautiful sight for me.

We have learned here that the natural world can be ruthless; I sometimes think everything I see in nature is prey to everything else. We see a lot of skeletons around here. But animals only eat when hungry; humans eat for greed, power, and mangled spirits.

I love looking at the animals and thinking about how peaceful they are and what lessons there are for us.