A Little Piece of Me: April 2008

Wednesday

Always and Always

I must have flowers, always, and always.

~ Claude Monet

Tuesday

Red-winged Blackbird

I saw this Red-winged Blackbird in a "marshy" area at the
Izaak Walton Park in Christiansburg, Virginia

I like the way his tail fans out in this one :)

Nature is what we know,
yet have no art to say
~ Emily Dickinson

Monday

A Green Heron

Walk in kindness toward the Earth

and every living being.

- Sylvia Dolson

Sunday

A Family of Geese

When you look at your life, the greatest happinesses are family happinesses.
~ Dr. Joyce Brothers

Mommy, Daddy and six little babies.

It looks like five but two are bunched up together at the top.

Saturday

Rusty Puff

Perseverance is not a long race;
it is many short races one after another.
~ Walter Elliott

A Chipping Sparrow perhaps?
Sparrows are always so hard for me to ID!

Friday

Spring At The Pond

The sun has come out... and the air is vivid with spring light.

~ Byron Caldwell Smith

Thursday

Signs of Spring

Some signs of Spring for today's post!

Mommy and Daddy Canada Goose...with babies :)

A Spring Fuzzy!

And Mom feeding Babies!
Happy Thursday Everyone!

Wednesday

Full of Blessings

All that we behold is full of blessings.

~ William Wordsworth

Monday

Mr Frog

"There is no such thing in anyone's life as an unimportant day."

~ Alexander Woollcott

Sunday

Squirrel Portraits

Choose being kind over being right, and you'll be right every time.
—Richard Carlson

These little guys really seem to like to pose for me!

Saturday

Saturday Dragons......Sort of

Well, not actually a dragon, but my first dragonfly

of 2008!

I think that means Spring is really here!!

He looks metallic green with light blue on his tail.

This is the same shot as above, I just rotated it to the right so you

could seem him horizontally. He actually landed vertically, as the

first shot shows. I was so excited that these shots turned out.

This guy was really TINY!
(click on the last pic to enlarge....it really makes a difference)

Happy Saturday Everyone!

PS - If anyone can identify this guy, please leave a comment! It would

be VERY much appreciated!!

Friday

Sunset Through The Branches

Never waste any amount of time doing anything important when there is a sunset outside that you should be sitting under!

~ C. JoyBell C.

Thursday

Spring Wildflowers

Bloodroot

Ground Ivy....look closely...you can see little dew drops :)

Cut-leaved Toothwort

I will be the gladdest thing under the sun! I will touch a hundred flowers and not pick one.

― Edna St. Vincent Millay

Wednesday

One year ago today, the campus of Virginia Tech and
our small town of Blacksburg, Virginia was turned upside down.
Take time today to remember all of those that were lost....
and don't forget to say "I love you" to those special people in your lives.

Monday

A Glimpse Into Their Life

A cozy couple!

Mr Red trying to hide from my camera :)

This guy looks like he wants to play :)

Any glimpse into the life of an animal quickens our own and makes it so much the larger and better in every way.

~ John Muir

Sunday

There is Just Something About Yellow

Yellow Wildflowers Make Me Happy :)

Sun on a Hazy August Evening

There is JUST something about Yellow that puts me in a Good Mood!

Saturday

Bird in a Bush

Not to waste the spring I threw down everything,
And ran into the open world
To sing what I could sing...
To dance what I could dance!
And join with everyone!
I wandered with a reckless heart beneath the newborn sun.
— Roman Payne