Green/Thursday Challenge

All I want to do is to stand in a field

and to smell green,

to taste air,

to feel the earth want me,

without all this concrete

hating me.

~ Phillip Pulfrey

Linking to Dale's Thursday Challenge

Wordless Wednesday: a carpet of green

The human spirit needs places where nature has not been rearranged by the hand of man.

~Author Unknown

Litratong Pinoy: Luntian (Berde)

luntian sa bundok ng Tanay (green foliage in the mountains)

Manila American Cemetery and Memorial grounds

Ang salitang “berde” ay nanggaling sa makalumang salita na “growan” o pag-usbong, o pag-tubo. Kadalasan, ginagamit ang salitang ito sa paglalarawan ng mga halaman at karagatan, at bilang simbolo ng mga lupon ukol sa kapaligiran. Ang berde ay sinasabing maaliwalas na kulay at iniuugnay sa kalikasan. Upang ipamalas ang "berdeng" tema sa linggong ito, inilalahok ko ang mga litratong kuha sa kabundukan ng Tanay at sa American Cemetery sa Global City.

Green is closely related to the Old English verb growan, “to grow”. It is often used to describe plants and the sea, and has become a symbol of environmentalism. It is frequently described as a “cool” color and is associated with nature. To depict the “green” theme this week, I am posting photos taken on the mountains of Tanay and from the American Cemetery in Global City.

dito masarap magmuni-muni (a place for contemplation)