Traveling has such a wonderful way of bringing us back to what is most important. We are just returned from two weeks on the east coast where we spent some time at Brookgreen Gardens, a sculpture garden and wildlife preserve in South Carolina and Cumberland Island National Seashore in Georgia. On Cumberland Island, we marveled at revelations and discoveries in every little nook and cranny, from the tree frogs hidden in a folded palmetto, the vastness of the ocean, unbelievably tiny hermit crabs, to the subtleties of a cuckoo call in the live oaks and countless other small yet significant discoveries. At Brookgreen Sculpture Gardens, we were struck by the beauty of art and gardens at the hand of man. This trip reminded us that beauty is where you look for it. Although we are regularly surrounded by stunning natural wonders at our home in Yellowstone – we were reminded that every place offers it’s own beauty and intrigue if you are willing to be present and seek it out. There is infinite beauty in wild places, as well as in human spaces – from the impossible complexity of a salt marsh to a marble bust at the Metropolitan. Pictured here: Above, top – Live oak tree, middle – thumbnail sketch of sculpture “Primitive Man & Serpent” by Roland Perry and notes on other artists, below – green tree frogs.