Laughing Grasses and Green Things

From the opening lines of Dewdrops on Spiderwebs, by Susan Classen:

I am the breeze that nurtures all things green.
I encourage blossoms to flourish with ripening fruits.
I am the rain coming from the dew
that causes the grasses to laugh
with the joy of life.
        God speaks to Hildegard of Bingen, 11th century

The other day my eye was caught by the sunlight streaming through the leaves of one of my geraniums. These shots fit well with one of the meditations in Classen's book that tells of a child just back from a school class field trip in the fall.

"Look!" she exclaimed. "This leaf is orange. This one is orange and green. And look at this one," she added excitedly, "It's all green!" When a green leaf calls forth awe and wonder, then all life is budding with reasons to celebrate!    p. 38

We'll soon be seeing orange and red leaves again, but in the meantime, let's celebrate all things green.

And things blue -- though if your downloaded image of this dragonfly is big enough, you'll see the green as well.