| I want to be known | #ScottsRunNaturePreserve #McLean #FairfaxCounty #Virginia | from Close to the Ground by Nancy Thomas |

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| To draw near | #Waldport #LincolnCounty #Oregon | from Close to the Ground by Nancy Thomas |

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| Have mercy on us all | #Waldport #LincolnCounty #Oregon | from Close to the Ground by Nancy Thomas |

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| On the surface, nothing changes | #Waldport #LincolnCounty #Oregon | from Close to the Ground by Nancy Thomas |

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| All of them telling secrets | #Oregon | from Close to the Ground by Nancy Thomas |

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| The question hangs in the air | #WillametteRiver #VeraKatzEastbankEsplanade #Portland #Oregon | from Close to the Ground by Nancy Thomas |

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| I find my joy | #WillametteRiver #VeraKatzEastbankEsplanade #Portland #Oregon | from Close to the Ground by Nancy Thomas |

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| I guess I'm asking how to pray | #Portland #Oregon | from Close to the Ground by Nancy Thomas |

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| My imagination, unruly gift | #LaddsAddition #Portland #Oregon | from Close to the Ground by Nancy Thomas |

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| A world of wonders approaches | #SaintSharobelMaronite #LaddsAddition #Portland #Oregon | from Close to the Ground by Nancy Thomas |

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| You'll need time to take it all in | #ForestTrail #PatuxentResearchRefuge #Laurel #Maryland | from Close to the Ground by Nancy Thomas |

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| Light, colors, music and a whole open place | #ForestTrail #PatuxentResearchRefuge #Laurel #Maryland | from Close to the Ground by Nancy Thomas |

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| Real air on your face | #ScottsRunWaterfall #ScottsRunNaturePreserve #McLean #FairfaxCounty #Virginia | from Close to the Ground by Nancy Thomas |

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| Soon, you will come out of hiding and greet the world with a yell | #ScottsRunNaturePreserve #McLean #FairfaxCounty #Virginia | from Close to the Ground by Nancy Thomas |

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| Your time will come, but not today | #ScottsRunNaturePreserve #PotomacRiver #McLean #FairfaxCounty #Virginia | from Close to the Ground by Nancy Thomas |

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| But the season is passing | #ScottsRunNaturePreserve #McLean #FairfaxCounty #Virginia | from Close to the Ground by Nancy Thomas |

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| That's all there is to it | #ScottsRunNaturePreserve #McLean #FairfaxCounty #Virginia | from Close to the Ground by Nancy Thomas |

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| When the quiet again settled in, I stood up | #ScottsRunNaturePreserve #McLean #FairfaxCounty #Virginia | from Close to the Ground by Nancy Thomas |

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| When I'm alone again, I remember the words | #Waldport #LincolnCounty #Oregon | from Close to the Ground by Nancy Thomas |

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| My giggle broke the surface | #Waldport #LincolnCounty #Oregon | from Close to the Ground by Nancy Thomas |

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| Maybe that's enough. Maybe it's not | #WillametteRiver #VeraKatzEastbankEsplanade #Portland #Oregon | from Close to the Ground by Nancy Thomas |

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| We try to map out the journey | #WillametteRiver #VeraKatzEastbankEsplanade #Portland #Oregon | from Close to the Ground by Nancy Thomas |

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| Worshiping as we walk | #ForestTrail #PatuxentResearchRefuge #Laurel #Maryland | from Close to the Ground by Nancy Thomas |

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| On matters of sensuality | #ScottsRunWaterfall #ScottsRunNaturePreserve #McLean #FairfaxCounty #Virginia | from Close to the Ground by Nancy Thomas |

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| After the prerequisite silence we move forward | #StubblefieldFalls #ScottsRunNaturePreserve #McLean #FairfaxCounty #Virginia | from Close to the Ground by Nancy Thomas |

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| It's like confession | #ScottsRunNaturePreserve #McLean #FairfaxCounty #Virginia | from Close to the Ground by Nancy Thomas |

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| My spirit hums closer to the ground | #PotomacRiver #ScottsRunNaturePreserve #McLean #FairfaxCounty #Virginia | from Close to the Ground by Nancy Thomas |

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| Anything that, just by being itself, makes me laugh deserves cherishing | #Waldport #LincolnCounty #Oregon | from Close to the Ground by Nancy Thomas |

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| We were not the first to stop or the first to see | #Waldport #LincolnCounty #Oregon | from Close to the Ground by Nancy Thomas |

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| As right as oranges and generosity | #Portland #MultnomahCounty #Oregon | from Close to the Ground by Nancy Thomas |

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| How does the love manage to seep through | #ScottsRunWaterfall #ScottsRunNaturePreserve #McLean #FairfaxCounty #Virginia | from Close to the Ground by Nancy Thomas |

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| You didn't talk at all for a long time | #ScottsRunNaturePreserve #McLean #FairfaxCounty #Virginia | from Close to the Ground by Nancy Thomas |

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| One less thing to worry about | #Waldport #LincolnCounty #Oregon | from Close to the Ground by Nancy Thomas |

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| Listen very closely to all she has to teach you | #ScottsRunNaturePreserve #McLean #FairfaxCounty #Virginia | from Close to the Ground by Nancy Thomas |

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| Faith that the paths lead home | #GulerIceCaves #GiffordPinchotNationalForest #Washington | from Close to the Ground by Nancy Thomas |

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| Faith that the paths lead home | #GiffordPinchotNationalForest #Washington | from Close to the Ground by Nancy Thomas |

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| Placing the puzzle pieces one by one, letting the picture emerge | #SlideMountainFalls #SlideMountainCreek #McMinnville #YamhillCounty #Oregon | from Close to the Ground by Nancy Thomas |

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| Something will get through | #BakerCreek #McMinnville #YamhillCounty #Oregon | from Close to the Ground by Nancy Thomas |

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| Don't explain anything | #BakerCreekFalls #BakerCreek #McMinnville #YamhillCounty #Oregon | from Close to the Ground by Nancy Thomas |

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| Show her the green ceiling. Let her feel the breeze | #SlideMountainCreek #McMinnville #YamhillCounty #Oregon | from Close to the Ground by Nancy Thomas |

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| Take her outside for a walk under the filbert trees | #SlideMountainCreek #McMinnville #YamhillCounty #Oregon | from Close to the Ground by Nancy Thomas |

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| I wondered out loud, adding to the list of Mysteries | #BakerCreekFalls #BakerCreek #McMinnville #YamhillCounty #Oregon | from Close to the Ground by Nancy Thomas |

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| On the way home | #YaquinaBayBridge #Newport #LincolnCounty #Oregon | from Close to the Ground by Nancy Thomas |

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| I looked at him. He looked at me. We grinned | #YaquinaBayBridge #Newport #LincolnCounty #Oregon | from Close to the Ground by Nancy Thomas |

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| Breath and prayer became irrelevant | #Waldport #LincolnCounty #Oregon | from Close to the Ground by Nancy Thomas |

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| At the top, I forgot to breathe | #Newport #LincolnCounty #Oregon | from Close to the Ground by Nancy Thomas |

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| She wasn't even surprised | #SlideMountainCreek #McMinnville #YamhillCounty #Oregon | from Close to the Ground by Nancy Thomas |

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| You simply nodded, and that was that | #YaquinaBayBridge #Newport #LincolnCounty #Oregon | from Close to the Ground by Nancy Thomas |

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| Placing the puzzle pieces one by one, letting the picture emerge | #SlideCreekFalls #SlideMountainCreek #McMinnville #YamhillCounty #Oregon | from Close to the Ground by Nancy Thomas |

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| Faith that the paths lead home | #GiffordPinchotNationalForest #Washington | from Close to the Ground by Nancy Thomas |

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