5 Greatest Joys I Find in Nature.....

The other day Wren tagged me for a meme on "the 5 greatest joys I find in nature". I don't usually like to do memes, but this one interested me. These are 5 things that to me are what makes nature so wonderful and provides me with joy:

1. A.....It's Always there!

Nature to me is anything not man-made in the universe. Nature was here before me and it will be here after me. It may not be the same, but it will out last me. The moon....

....the rocks....

....the mountains, all ancient and enduring.
2. B......It's Beautiful!

There is way too much beauty in nature for me to even began to cover it in a few photos, but then my blog is always trying to show Nature's beauty!

Sunsets....

......all creatures.....

......flowers.
3. C......It's Consistent and yet surprising at times.

Nature repeats itself so consistently....every goldfinch looks like another...

.......4 turtles all alike.....
but......

.....my favorite squirrel....

......might very well produce an albino just to keep me guessing!

Every year I can count on the consistency of 4 seasons:

Spring

Summer

Fall

Winter.....yet each of those seasons will not be exactly like the previous one.

4. D.....It's Diverse. There is something for everyone!

If you wish, you can live in a desert.....

.....or near water and mountains......

....or in a forest. Or many other places that I have no photos of yet! Whatever you like or want, nature has it............

.....whether its butterflies.....

.......or mammels! or something in between.

5. E.......It has Everything I need to survive!

Nature provides me with food....

....water and energy.....

....the means of providing shelter.

I find nature's joy in these 5 things and I thank God, the Creator for all the wonders to be found in nature.

"For everything God created is good...."

1 Timothy 4:4

I assume that I'm now suppose to tag 5 others to tell me the "5 greatest joys that they find in nature". I'll choose the following 5 and if you wish to do it fine and if not that's OK, too.

1. Eve at Sunny Side Up

2. Jenny at Wren's Nature Notebook

3. Joan at http://saphotographs.blogspot.com/

4. Ann at Nature Tales and Camera Trails

5. Rose at http://picsandpiecing.blogspot.com/