Celebrating the Earth

Earth Day falls each year on April 22, a Wednesday this year.   To call attention  the day this past Saturday, the Interfaith Eco-Network took groups on a guided tour of the nature trail at Our Lady of the Rosary Cemetery and Prayer Garden, concluding with a visit to Getsemani Community Gardens.   The Interfaith Eco-Network is a coalition of 9 area churches made up of different denominations.   Volunteers involved in taking care of both spaces include the  Williamson County Master Naturalists, as well as members of Williamson County Chapter of  the Native Plant Society of Texas.   The little guy that pops up in a few photos is 6-year-old Gavin Edwards-Lemon, who is quite a rock collector.    And the hands covered in mud belong to Davin Hoyt, who was building a spiral herb garden at Getsemani, using soil and limestone plucked from the land right there.   By the way, the opening photo are inland sea oats at Our Lady of the Rosary, relishing in drops of recent rain.   And the final photo?  That’s a Williamson County Winecup, the little flower used as the official logo of the Williamson County Native Plant Society group.   Apparently, it only grows around here.   That’s cool.    As a photographer who enjoys landscape and wildlife photography, I have the utmost respect for the planet’s survival.   Appreciate the Earth, not just on Earth Day.