"The flower is the poetry of reproduction. It is an example of the eternal seductiveness of life." - Jean Giraudoux
Vela Creations is an in-depth resource for off grid living. The site documents our research and experiences, hoping that they might help others interested in pursuing this lifestyle. This blog is designed to document our day to day experiences as we build our new, sustainable homestead. If you are interested in seeing more photos and videos, we have a flickr account at the following url: http://flickr.com/photos/35090117@N05/collections/
Saturday, January 31, 2015
Friday, January 30, 2015
Joyce Carol Oates
"Night comes to the desert all at once, as if someone turned off the light." - Joyce Carol Oates
Thursday, January 29, 2015
Wednesday, January 28, 2015
E. O. Wilson
"Nature holds the key to our aesthetic, intellectual, cognitive and even spiritual satisfaction." - E. O. Wilson
Tuesday, January 27, 2015
Monday, January 26, 2015
Saint Augustine
"Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature." - Saint Augustine
Sunday, January 25, 2015
Matthew Arnold
"Bald as the bare mountain tops are bald, with a baldness full of grandeur." - Matthew Arnold
Saturday, January 24, 2015
Friday, January 23, 2015
Thursday, January 22, 2015
John James Audubon
"During all these years there existed within me a tendency to follow Nature in her walks." - John James Audubon
Wednesday, January 21, 2015
Roy Bean
"And finally Winter, with its bitin', whinin' wind, and all the land will be mantled with snow." - Roy Bean
Tuesday, January 20, 2015
Joseph Franklin Rutherford
"The earth is yet the place of the domicile of man and all the offspring of the first man." - Joseph Franklin Rutherford
Monday, January 19, 2015
Sunday, January 18, 2015
Walt Whitman
"Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you." - Walt Whitman
Saturday, January 17, 2015
Friday, January 16, 2015
Thursday, January 15, 2015
Wednesday, January 14, 2015
Bill Watterson
"If people sat outside and looked at the stars each night, I'll bet they'd live a lot differently." - Bill Watterson
Monday, January 12, 2015
Max Muller
"I believe I can even yet remember when I saw the stars for the first time." - Max Muller
Sunday, January 11, 2015
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
"Won't you come into the garden? I would like my roses to see you." - Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Saturday, January 10, 2015
Andy Goldsworthy
"Even in winter an isolated patch of snow has a special quality." - Andy Goldsworthy
Friday, January 9, 2015
Thomas Carlyle
"The old cathedrals are good, but the great blue dome that hangs over everything is better." - Thomas Carlyle
Wednesday, January 7, 2015
Tuesday, January 6, 2015
Sunday, January 4, 2015
Stewart Udall
"Plans to protect air and water, wilderness and wildlife are in fact plans to protect man." - Stewart Udall
Saturday, January 3, 2015
Rupert Brooke
"Breathless, we flung us on a windy hill, Laughed in the sun, and kissed the lovely grass." - Rupert Brooke
Friday, January 2, 2015
Napoleon Bonaparte
"If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god." - Napoleon Bonaparte
Thursday, January 1, 2015
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