The Blog of Henry David Thoreau: Thoreau’s Journal: 12-Aug-1854:
“Thoreau’s Journal: 12-Aug-1854
On Conantum saw a cow looking steadily up into the sky for a minute. It gave to her face an unusual almost human or wood-god, faun-like expression, and reminded me os some frontispiece to Virgil’s Bucolics. She was gazing upwards about 45°. There were only some downy clouds in that direction. It was so unusual a sight that any one would notice it. It suggested adoration.”
Reading this reminded me of this:
Photo of the Day
It isn’t mine but I loved it; you’ll have to follow the link…
Photos – Judith Polakoff
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