Lupine blooming on Ediz Hook. August 4, 2025

“When I grow up,” I tell her, “I too will go to faraway places and come home to live by the sea.”

“That is all very well, little Alice,” says my aunt, “but there is a third thing you must do.”

“What is that?” I ask.

“You must do something to make the world more beautiful.”
                                                                                    ~ from Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney