“The poor serf’s longing to breathe, to rest, to find a treasure that may end his sufferings, continually returns. More often, through a lofty aspiration, this treasure becomes a soul as well, a treasure of love asleep, as in The Sleeping Beauty: but not seldom the charming person finds herself by some fatal enchantment hidden under a mask. Hence that touching trilogy, that admirable crescendo of Riquet with the Tuft, Ass’s Skin, and Beauty and the Beast. Love will not be discouraged. Through all that ugliness it follows after and gains the hidden beauty. In the last of these tales that feeling touches the sublime, and I think that no one has ever read it without weeping.”

Excerpt From
La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages
Jules Michelet, 1863

One of my favorite things in life! Go outside as the sun rises or at least open a window and just be still and listen! https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/stories/what-dawn-chorus

Amazing video! How DID we get blue eyes and blonde hair?https://youtu.be/roTXZCNi52c