Thank you for your vegetation. The forests, woodlands, grasslands, and wetlands create so many necessities for human survival. Your vast environment provides us with oxygen, sustains us with food, and provides medicine to heal our bodies. Your timber provides wood for our shelter and your natural fibers create our clothing. Thank you for your landforms. The mountains, valleys, canyons, plateaus, and shorelines provide terrain for me to explore on my own two feet. I come as I am, and you support and comfort me. At times, you challenge me in ways I question, but when I find my way to the other side, I feel stronger and appreciative. Thank you for your natural symphony and dark night skies. Pitching my tent in your wilderness and listening to the natural soundscapes fills me with internal peace. Lying on my back under the endless canvas of dark sky provides an opportunity to be mindful and mindless. These moments of darkness and light are often just regarded as times of day, but when I slow down; I realize how they are essential to life. Thank you for your abundance of color. In the morning, the magnificent spectrum of colors that the rising sun provides a fresh start to write my story. On clear days, your extensive blue‐bird sky seems never‐ending. My eye can see as far as my imagination will allow it. On other days, the unembellished tones of the clouds provide an opportunity for a different perception, creating interplay of lightness and darkness. Thank you for your seasons. This constant change helps me accept that I too am everchanging. Whether it is due to aging, the choices I make, or outside factors, change is a part of life. You are beautiful even on your stormy days, I feel your warmth even in the bitter cold, and your brightest days fill me with the energy to continue through the highs and lows of each of your seasons. With gratitude, LA

Hand Carved from one solid block of Natural Peruvian Quartz on Chrysocolla on Bronze Base 25 x 25 x 45 cm