{"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":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter wp-image-172670 size-full\" title=\"The Earth Laughs In Flowers - Western Blue Flag, Centennial Valley, Beaverhead County, Montana\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/blue-flag-iris-emerson-mia-mcpherson-5408.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/blue-flag-iris-emerson-mia-mcpherson-5408.jpg\" alt=\"The Earth Laughs In Flowers - Western Blue Flag, Centennial Valley, Beaverhead County, Montana\" width=\"900\" height=\"545\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27545%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20900%20545%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27545%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/blue-flag-iris-emerson-mia-mcpherson-5408-200x121.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/blue-flag-iris-emerson-mia-mcpherson-5408-400x242.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/blue-flag-iris-emerson-mia-mcpherson-5408-600x363.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/blue-flag-iris-emerson-mia-mcpherson-5408-768x465.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/blue-flag-iris-emerson-mia-mcpherson-5408.jpg 900w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 120px;\">The Earth Laughs In Flowers ~ <em>Ralph Waldo Emerson<\/em><\/p>\n<p>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<p>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<p>Life <em>is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n<p>Mia<\/p>\n<p>Click <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/flower-and-tree-images\/\">here<\/a><\/span> to see more of my flower, shrub and tree photos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the wildflower season is it easy to see why Emerson said that the earth laughs in flowers. 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