Creator
John Muir
Recipient
Mrs. [Jeanne C.] Carr
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[4]colors giving still greater pledges of happy life to every living creature of the spring but a loud energetic snow- storm possessed every hour of yesterday. Every tree & broken weed bloomed yet once more, All summer distinctions were leveled off All plants & the very rocks & streams were equally poly- p[illegible]. - This morning winter had everything in the valley. The snow drifted about in the frosty wind like meal & the falls were muffled in thick cheeks of frozen spray. Thus do winter & Spring leap into the Valley by turns each remaining long enough to form a small season or climate of its own or going & coming squarel in a single day. Whitney says that the bottom has fallen out of the rocks here (which I most devoutly disbelieve) [(Well?] the bottom frequently falls out of these winter clouds & climates. It is seldom that any[in margin: long transition [slant?] exists between dark & bright days in this narrow world of rocks] 00504[1] Yosemite Apr 5th 70Dear Mrs Carr, I wish you were here today for our rocks are again decked with deep snow, Two days ago a big gray cloud collared barometer dome,-the vast booming column of the upper falls was swayed like a shred of loose mist by broken pieces of storm, that struck it suddenly, occasionally bending it backwards to the very top of the cliff, making it hang sometimes more than a minute like an [inverted bow?] edged with comets - A cloud upon the dome & these ever varying rockings & bendings of the falls are sure storm signs, but yesterday morning sky was clear, & the sun [hovered?] the usual quantity of[5] I know that you are enchanted with the April [illegible] of your new home. You enjoy the most precious kind of sunshine & by this time flower patches cover the hills about Oakland like colored clouds I would like to visit these broad outspread blotches of social flowers that are so characteristic of your hills but far rather would I see & feel the flowers that are now at fountain lake, & the lakes of Madison Mrs Hutchings thought of sending you a bulb of the Cal' lily by mail but found it too large -she wishes to be remembered to you. Your Squirrel is very happy. She is a rare creature I hope to see you & [illegible] soon in the [illegible] have a
Location
Yosemite
Date Original
1870 Apr 5, 13
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20 x 25 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir02_0243-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 02, Image 0243
Copyright Status
Copyrighted
Copyright Statement
The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust. To purchase copies of images and/or obtain permission to publish or exhibit them, see http://www.pacific.edu/Library/Find/Holt-Atherton-Special-Collections/Fees-and-Forms-.html
Owning Institution
University of the Pacific Library Holt-Atherton Special Collections. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies of the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.
Copyright Holder
Muir-Hanna Trust
Copyright Date
1984
Page Number
Page 1
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
