The miraculous and the supernatural do not need to be sought for, it is here with us, seen through our windows and as we walk through parks and forests.
It is our daily reality and an inescapable part of our existence.
Nature does not hide her secrets within ancient runes upon fallen stones or within the dusty pages of learned books.
In this simple tableau we find the alchemists stone and the transformation of non-living matter into animate vivacious life.
None of this takes any effort to be here, it simply is, it is the never ending giving of the earth to all of its denizens.
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Photo: Vine, palm and wild olive at Saladaviciosa. Courtesy of the author.