{"id":26581,"date":"2015-07-12T04:58:43","date_gmt":"2015-07-12T10:58:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=26581"},"modified":"2026-03-20T14:38:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T19:38:08","slug":"the-earth-laughs-in-flowers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2015\/07\/12\/the-earth-laughs-in-flowers\/","title":{"rendered":"The Earth Laughs In Flowers"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"The<\/p>\n

The Earth Laughs In Flowers ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson<\/em><\/p>\n

During the wildflower season is it easy to see why Emerson said that the earth laughs in flowers. With a rainbow of colors, sizes, shapes and forms wildflowers can blanket the earth. When I see the wildflowers nodding daintily in a breeze I can almost imagine them laughing.<\/p>\n

I know when I am set free from the confines of daily life and wander in a field if wildflowers I laugh too.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a><\/span> to see more of my flower, shrub and tree photos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

During the wildflower season is it easy to see why Emerson said that the earth laughs in flowers. 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