Andrew Marvell: Green Thought


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Mountain Hemlock (Tsuga mertensia), Alpine Lakes Wilderness, Washington
: photo by Walter Siegmund, 26 September 2007




Mean while the Mind, from pleasure less,
Withdraws into its happiness:
The Mind, that Ocean where each kind
Does streight its own resemblance find;
Yet it creates, transcending these,
Far other Worlds, and other Seas;
Annihilating all that's made
To a green Thought in a green Shade.



Andrew Marvell (1621-1678): The Garden, stanza VI




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Dew on foliage of Subalpine fir (Abies lasiocarpa), Eunice Lake, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington: photo by Walter Siegmund, 20 September 2004

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Engelmann Spruce (Picea engelmannii), foliage, French Creek Trail, Wenatchee Mountains, Washington
: photo by Walter Siegmund, 9 October 2005

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Grand Fir (Abies grandis), foliage underside, with Bigleaf Maple (fall foliage), Grand Fir and Douglas-fir behind. Kachess Ridge Trail, Wenatchee National Forest, Washington: photo by Walter Siegmund, 9 October 2005

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Yellow Cedar (Cupressis nootkatensis), cones and foliage, with Subalpine Fir trees beyond, Crystal Peak Trail, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington
: photo by Walter Siegmund, 25 September 2005

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Water-Parsley, aka Pacific Water-dropwort (Oenanthe sarmentosa), Loop Road, Washington Park, Anacortes, Washington:
photo by Walter Siegmund, 3 July 2009

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Douglas Squirrel (Tamiasciurus douglasii) on a Pacific Silver Fir (Abies amabilis) branch, Crystal Lakes Trail
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Mount Rainier National Park, Washington: photo by Walter Siegmund, 22 October 2008

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American Snowshoe Hare (Lepus americanus), Deer Park Road, Olympic National Park, Washington: photo by Walter Siegmund, 3 July 2008

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Hoary Marmot (Marmota caligata), Wonderland Trail, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington: photo by Walter Siegmund, 24 August 2007

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American Black Bear (Ursus americanus), Mount Rainier National Park, Washington: photo by Walter Siegmund, 12 August 2008

 
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Columbian Black-tailed Deer (Odocoileus hemionus columbianus), Coast Deer, male, Olympic National Park: photo by Walter Siegmund, 3 July 2008


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Northern Maidenhair Fern (Adiantum pedantum), Sycamore Access trail, Squak Mountain State Park, Issaquah, Washington: photo by Walter Siegmund, 15 May 2007

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