“When we talk of flood control, we usually think of dams and deeper river channels, to impound the waters or hurry their run-off. Yet neither is the ultimate solution, simply because floods are caused by the flow of water downhill. If the hills are wooded, that flow is checked. If there is a swamp at the foot of the hills, the swamp sponges up most of the excess water, restores some of it to the underground water supply and feeds the remainder slowly into the streams. Strip the hills, drain the boglands, and you create flood conditions inevitably. Yet that is what we have been doing for years.” IfsThinkingYearsHas BeensRunningWaterFeetConditionsSolutionsFlowRiversUltimateDeeperWoodsHillsStreamsExcessFloodDrainsSwampsSpongesProblems And SolutionsSolution To A ProblemDams Author:Hal Borland
“I took a day to search for God, And found Him not. But as I trod By rocky ledge, through woods untamed, Just where one scarlet lily flamed, I saw His foot print in the sod.” FoundSawsFeetGloryWoodsPrintLiliesScarletUntamedLedgesSod Book:Bliss Carman's Poems Source: Bliss Carman's Poems
“Hard floorings such as marble, wood, terrazzo and linoleum, have become fashionable of late, but I believe they create a characterless "international" style that is as opposed to interpretation as it is repellent to the foot.” BelieveHardI BelieveFeetStyleLateInternationalWoodsInterpretationFashionableMarbleCharacterless Author:George Pendle
“I could live in the woods with thee in sight, Where never should human foot intrude: Or with thee find light in the darkest night, And a social crowd in solitude.” ShouldHumansLightNightSocialFeetSolitudeSightCrowdsWoodsThee Author:Tibullus
“I sit in the top of the wood, my eyes closed. Inaction, no falsifying dream Between my hooked head and hooked feet: Or in sleep rehearse perfect kills and eat.” DreamEyeSleepPerfectFeetWoodsInactionHooked Book:A Ted Hughes Bestiary: Selected Poems Source: A Ted Hughes Bestiary: Selected Poems
“Went to 16 and hit a really bad 3 wood for my second shot and got stuck in the bunker about 70 yards from the pin. Poor execution, chunked it, hit a good chip up to about eight feet, missed it.” SportsPoorFeetShotsWoodsEightStuckExecutionYardsChipsPinsBunkers Author:Trent Dilfer
“I like owls. I admire their intransigent spirit. I have respected them deeply ever since I met a baby owl in a wood, when it fell over dead, apparently from sheer temper, because I dared to approach it. It defied me first, and then died. I have never forgotten the horror and shame I experienced when that soft fluffy thing (towards which I had nothing but the most humanitarian motives) fell dead from rage at my feet.” FirstsSpiritFeetBabyMetsHorrorApproachDiedShameForgottenWoodsHumanitarianRageAdmireMotiveTemperSheerOwlFluffy Author:Vita Sackville-West
“Love is Enough Love is enough: though the world be a-waning, And the woods have no voice but the voice of complaining, Though the skies be too dark for dim eyes to discover The gold-cups and daisies fair blooming thereunder, Though the hills be held shadows, and the sea a dark wonder, And this day draw a veil over all deeds passed over, Yet their hands shall not tremble, their feet shall not falter: The void shall not weary, the fear shall not alter These lips and these eyes of the loved and the lover.” WorldEnoughHandsEyeFearVoiceDarkLove IsWonderSeaFeetSkyLoversDrawsShadowFairsGoldLipsDeedsWoodsComplainingCupsHillsThis DayVoidWearyComplaintsVeilsDaisiesBloomingThese EyesEnough Love Book:Poems By The Way & Love Is Enough Source: Poems By The Way & Love Is Enough
“To be a modern person in 2012, you are often required to have some electronics in your life. And I do. I try to put that phone down, put the computer away, and get out there and hike in the woods; feel it in my feet, feel it in my hands; get out in the garden and feel the soil under my fingers, my fingertips and my fingernails. I try to be involved in nature in a very tactile way. I think that's important.” ThinkingWayFeelsTryingPersonsImportantHandsFeetModernInvolvedComputerGardenFingersPhonesWoodsSoilFingertipsElectronicsFingernailsTactile Author:Ed Begley, Jr.
“Marijuana makes the best bio-diesel fuel on the planet, so it can make you energy. It grows 15 feet a summer, so it's a renewable resource. It makes better paper than wood does. It makes clothing. Medical-wise, it's stopping seizures, it's working for post-traumatic stress, they're even finding that it's curing cancer in certain cases. I mean, this is a remarkable plant. Now, for those that smoke it recreationally, to feel good, what's wrong with that? That's mental health.” FeelsMeanDoeCertainEnergyGrowsCasesWiseFeetPlanetsPaperFindingsSummerResourcesStressMental HealthPlantCancerWoodsMedicalFeel GoodSmokePostsFuelRemarkableClothingsMarijuanaStoppingDieselSeizuresBiosRenewable ResourcesDiesel Fuel Author:Jesse Ventura