A Book of the Seasons: August 17

August 17.

Full of reflections,

the shallowest brook

cannot be fathomed. 

 August 17, 1851

The high blackberries

the richest berry we have

are now in their prime.

August 17, 1853

August 17, 2017

A Book of the Seasons, by Henry Thoreau
"A book, each page written in its own season,
out-of-doors, in its own locality."

~edited, assembled and rewritten by zphx © 2009-2015