Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 104 December 1901 to May 1902 . withered weeds andgrasses, I saw the flashing of skyey wings and heardcertain small sweet practisings which seemed toindicate that the bluebirds were also to take partin the approaching festival. April 2.—There are numerous colonies of antsup and down our narrow sidewalk, and the littlechildren and myself have taken to the outermostedge in order not to crush their neat little moundsof soil back into their underground dwellings. Iwonder how much they know of all this beauty?Doubtless the warm sunshine comforts their busylittle


Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 104 December 1901 to May 1902 . withered weeds andgrasses, I saw the flashing of skyey wings and heardcertain small sweet practisings which seemed toindicate that the bluebirds were also to take partin the approaching festival. April 2.—There are numerous colonies of antsup and down our narrow sidewalk, and the littlechildren and myself have taken to the outermostedge in order not to crush their neat little moundsof soil back into their underground dwellings. Iwonder how much they know of all this beauty?Doubtless the warm sunshine comforts their busylittle bodies and makes possible those commercialand domestic activities in which they delight. April 4.—These decided contrasts of pure color-in the landscape are like the innocent assertivenessof little They do not jar; theyare beautiful; and they give one a sense of youth and irresponsibility^ in na-tures own easy indulgence and largesse. Grain-fields, a clear emerald in theirreddish-brown settings on the uplands, oaks hung with yellow and orange. 1 u0, mY^-^^iX •* m iter*


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