Jeffereis and Wright

Alright so after reading Muir last week I guess I was expecting the same kind of writing this week and I was wrong. I was not that intrigued when I read Jefferies, Out of Doors in February. I kept getting off track and go back to re-read. However, I did enjoy reading Absence of Design in Nature because it was interesting to read what Jefferies was feeling during his time. It was really interesting to see how he analyzed "nature's forces." For example, when Jefferies said, "From childhood we build up ourselves an encyclopaedia of the world, answering all questions: we turn to Day, and the reply is Light; to Night, and the reply is Darkness. It is difficult to burst through these fetters and to get beyond Day and Night: but, in truth, there is no Day and Night; the sun always shines." It would have been interesting to be there with Jefferies when he figured out that the sun is always shinning even when we can't see it because it's night. I take for granted the knowledge of knowing what day and night is, but in Jefferies time (1848-1887) people are just starting to go through the steps to figuring out that knowledge. I enjoy reading these readings from this book because they help me see a new perspective on how things were or are thought.

The Story of a Garden was also a good read. I liked how Wright was able to go through a story about how a garden changes and evolves with the growing boy. This reading helped me appreciate all the surrounding aspects a garden holds. Like the music of the birds, the plants, the smells, etc.