The salt of the sea is in our blood; the calcium of the rocks is in our bones; the genes of ten thousand generations of stalwart progenitors are in our cells. The sun shines and we smile. The winds rage and we bend before them. The blossoms open and we rejoice. Earth is our long home.

~ Stewart W. Holmes 

Adriatic Sea, Dalmatia, Croatia – photo by AnnaElizabeth photography bigstockphoto.com