Earth Day

So today is Earth Day! What a wonderful thing that we get to celebrate the beautiful planet we were given to grow on, enjoy, treasure and care for. All throughout last week and this week, Ella's class did a lot of art and science projects to celebrate our planet's beauty and natural resources. Great reminder of the treasures we have which we tend to take for granted (I know I do...) They talked a lot about recycling and reusing and she made a recycle sign herself and told me that she wants to start recycling things she doesn't need anymore. How cool is that! It made me want to go more "green", be better at reusing and recycling stuff.

This morning I found the cutest sage tricolor herb pot on my desk in celebration of Earth Day. What a neat thing! So grateful for the thoughtfulness that went into it. It made my day!

Here's to reducing, reusing, and recycling!

The words of this hymn we sing in church come to mind. They sum up so well what I feel right now:

For the beauty of the earth,
For the beauty of the skies,
For the love which from our birth
Over and around us lies,
Lord of all, to thee we raise
This our grateful hymn of praise.

For the beauty of each hour
Of the day and of the night,
Hill and vale, and tree and flower,
Sun and moon and stars of light,
Lord of all, to thee we raise
This our grateful hymn of praise.

For the joy of human love,
Brother, sister, parent, child,
Friends on earth, and friends above,
Pleasures pure and undefiled,
Lord of all, to thee we raise
This our grateful hymn of praise.

For each perfect gift of thine,
To our race so freely given,
Graces human and divine,
Flowers of earth and buds of heaven,
Lord of all, to thee we raise
This our grateful hymn of praise.