The recent tracks of the fox or otter, in the yard, remind us that each hour of the night is crowded with events, and the primeval nature is still working and making tracks in the snow.

Henry D. Thoreau

Nature doesn’t pause. This is something we inherently know, but it takes a keen observer like Thoreau to call our attention to it.

Thoreau, Henry D.. Essays: A Fully Annotated Edition. Italy, Yale University Press, 2013. pp28