Tuesday

Soft Pink

Artistic Photography of Pink Tulips at the Hahn Horticulture Garden

I love spring anywhere, 
but if I could choose I would always greet it in a garden.
- Ruth Stout



Available - HERE 

Sunday

Wings of Wonder


It is a happiness to wonder; 
-- it is a happiness to dream.
 ― Edgar Allan Poe


This image Available - HERE 

Pink Tulip Art - Soft Pink 1


 “The blooming spring is the smile 
of the ever-joyful nature.” 
― Debasish Mridha

Print Available - HERE 

Thursday

Singing His Song!



If everyone started off the day singing, just think how happy they'd be.
 ― Lauren Myracle

Print Available - HERE 

Wednesday

Tell Me How Many Beads There Are...


...Tell me how many beads there are 
In a silver chain 
 Of evening rain, 
Unraveled from the tumbling main....
- Thomas Lovell Beddoes


Have you ever read this entire poem....it is lovely.
You can find it - HERE 


The image above is available - HERE 

Tuesday

Trying New Things


I am always doing things I can’t do — 
that’s how I get to do them. 
- Pablo Picasso

Developing some new (to me) art styles which I've been working at for months!
Hope you like the Squirrel :)

Available - HERE 

Monday

Friday

Ladybug Ladybug Ladybug


Little red bug, oh so cute, 
Here's a black spot 
for your suit... 
 ~ Susan M. Paprocki


Available - HERE 


 

Spring Mockingbird Art

 
One goes to Nature only for hints and half-truths. Her facts are crude until you have absorbed them or translated them. . . . It is not so much what we see as what the thing seen suggests. 
 - John Burroughs

Print Available  HERE 

Thursday

Wildflower Wonderland


Purple Deadnettle

Weeds are flowers too, 
once you get to know them. 
 ~A.A. Milne


Prints Available - HERE 

Tuesday

The Little Things


You need to let the little things that would ordinarily bore you suddenly thrill you. 
 ― Andy Warhol

Prints and More are Available - HERE 

Monday

Spring Rendezvous




. . . to be thrilled by the stars at night; to be elated over a bird's nest or a wildflower in spring - these are some of the rewards of the simple life.
- John Burroughs 

This Digital Painting is available - HERE 

Tulips Everywhere - Wall Art


The sweetest sounds to mortals given 
Are heard in Mother, Home, and Heaven. 
~William Goldsmith Brown

This Art created from my original photograph
to Honor all Mothers.

Print Available - HERE 

Sunday

New Beginnings


Wisdom begins in wonder. 
― Socrates

Maple Seed Pods 
Normally develop in Mid to Late April in my area.

Print available - HERE 

The Sentinel


Print Available - HERE 

Bird Art - Blue-gray Gnatcatcher


Life holds so many simple blessings, each day bringing its own individual wonder. 
- John McLeod

Print Available - HERE 

Saturday

On The Surface



There is a way that nature speaks,               
                                      that land speaks. 
 Most of the time we are simply                             
                            not patient enough, quiet enough
 to pay attention to the story.           
 ~ Linda Hogan


Available as a Print - HERE 

Precious Spring Beginnings


"Spring makes its own statement, so loud and clear that the gardener seems to be only one of the instruments, not the composer." 
 ~ Geoffrey B. Charlesworth

Print Available - HERE 

Friday

Up The Creek!


You do not need to know 
 precisely what is happening, 
or exactly where it is all going.
What you need is to 
 recognize the possibilities and challenges 
offered by the present moment, 
 and to embrace them with 
 courage, faith and hope. 
 — Thomas Merton

Thursday

Oh What a Sky!


How clear, how lovely bright,
How beautiful to sight
Those beams of morning play;
How heaven laughs out with glee
Where, like a bird set free,
Up from the eastern sea
Soars the delightful day.

― A.E. Housman, A Shropshire Lad


Heritage Park - Blacksburg Virginia


Available as a Print - HERE 

Wednesday

Just Winging It!


 Male bluebird on a 'tip toe' takeoff!


Red-bellied Woodpecker spreads his wings.

Opportunity is a bird that never perches. 
~ Claude McDonald

Tuesday

What a Wonderful World


White-breasted Nuthatch 

I see trees of green, red roses, too, 
I see them bloom, for me and you 
And I think to myself
 What a wonderful world.

 Songwriters:  GEORGE DAVID WEISS, GEORGE DOUGLAS, BOB THIELE  

Print Available - HERE 

Monday

Meet In The Middle



When I took this shot 
I immediately thought of this Diamond Rio song:


I start walkin your way 
you start walkin mine 
we meet in the middle 
'neath that old Georgia pine 
We gain a lot of ground 
cuz we both give a little 
aint no road to long 
when we meet in the middle
(This is just the chorus)



Sunday

Pileated Woodpecker


It's not necessary to go far and wide. I mean, you can really find exciting and inspiring things within your hometown. 
- Daryl Hannah

 I am not sure what Daryl Hannah was referring to 
in her quote - but I sure can find
a LOT of exciting things in my hometown...
I just have to step outside the door.

In the Snowstorm - Male Cardinal


Welcome the present moment 
as if you had invited it. 
Why? Because it is all we ever have. 
 ~ Pema Chodron

Print Available - HERE 

Saturday

The Sounds of Spring


What signals the arrival of Spring?  
Is it a date on the calendar?  The temperature outside?  
The flowers that we see popping up?
It may be all of these - but it is also the Sounds We Hear.
I know that Spring has arrived when I hear the
arrival of the Red-winged Blackbirds 

This guy was FAR away but
I got a decent shot with my 500mm lens.  
Hurray for long lenses! 


No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn. 
~ Hal Borland

I am linking to an AWESOME video of a 
Red-winged Blackbird
You will hear what I mean - a very distinctive call
click  HERE 

Friday

Just Another Blue



In order to see birds 
it is necessary to become 
a part of the silence.
 ― Robert Lynd

You can see the Watercolor version - HERE 

Thursday

Spring Blues


Blue skies 
Smiling at me 
 Nothing but blue skies 
Do I see 
 Bluebirds 
Singing a song 
 Nothing but bluebirds 
All day long  
Irving Berlin, Blue Skies


Print Available - HERE 

Monday

Wild Purple




Do you think amethysts can be the souls of good violets?
 ― L.M. Montgomery


Available as a Print, Pillow, or Card - HERE 

Sunday

Tufted Titmouse Digital Painting


Sometimes the greatest thing to come out of all your hard work isn't what you get for it, but what you become for it. 
Steve Maraboli


Available - HERE 

 
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