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Tuesday, March 9, 2010 - Bosque Birdwatchers RV Park, San Antonio NM

Afternoon Virga, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, San Antonio NM, February 25, 2010
Afternoon Virga, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, San Antonio NM, February 25, 2010

Kate and Terry and I went down to the Refuge this afternoon to see if we could get some pictures. We did and I'll put some of mine up here over the next few days. Kate put a few of hers on her blog are {here} and {here}

Night camp

Site 16 - Bosque Bird Watcher's RV Park, San Antonio NM

Proficiency in Knowledge of the World

There are all degrees of proficiency in knowledge of the world. It is sufficient, to our present purpose, to indicate three. One class lives to the utility of the symbol; esteeming health and wealth a final good. Another class live above this mark to the beauty of the symbol; as the poet, and artist, and the naturalist, and man of science. A third class live above the beauty of the symbol to the beauty of the thing signified; these are the wise men. The first class have common sense; the second, taste; and the third, spiritual perception. Once in a long time, a man traverses the whole scale, and sees and enjoys the symbol solidly; then also has a clear eye for its beauty, and lastly, while he pitches his tent on this sacred volcanic isle of nature, does not offer to build houses and barns thereon, reverencing the splendor of the God which he sees bursting through each chink and cranny.

Essay VII, Prudence Ralph Waldo Emerson

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