All Wonders

Of various lists of the wonders of the world, one rated its ten top sites as:  

 1)Parthenon in Greece,

 2) Easter Island in Chile, 

 3)  Taj Mahal in India,

 4) Colosseum in Italy, 

 5)  Angkor in Cambodia,

 6) Teotihuacan in Mexico, 

 7) Petra in Jordan, 

 8)  Machu Picchu in Peru,

 9) Great Wall in China, and 

 10)  Pyramids in Egypt.

 Out of this list I have visited two...the Colosseum in Rome and the Parthenon in Athens, Greece.  So I'm batting .200 (20%)!

However, I think I delight even more in the many wonders that are near me.  I enjoy visiting the Brookside Gardens, here in the DC area.  It features many varieties of trees and flowers.  Their color and shapes continually amaze me.  I've spoken before of the wonders associated with birds, their colors, shapes and amazing travels in migration.

I look forward to upping my "batting average," regarding the top ten wonders, but I will continue to look for and appreciate the wonders right before me.

"The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realitries of the universe about us, the less taste we shall have for destruction."

Rachel Carson