Always and Always

Trillium Wildflower 

I must have flowers, always, and always.

~ Claude Monet

More of my Trillium Wildflowers
HERE 

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 

More of my Bird Images - HERE 

A Green Heron

Walk in kindness toward the Earth 

and every living being. 

- Sylvia Dolson

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.

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!

Spring At The Pond

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

~ Byron Caldwell Smith

Print Available - HERE 

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!

Full of Blessings

All that we behold is full of blessings. 

~ William Wordsworth

Mr Frog

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

~ Alexander Woollcott

Prints Available - HERE 

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 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!!

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.

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

We Remember - April 16th

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.

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

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!

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 

 

The Day is Done

Sunset from my front porch

My day is done, and I am like a boat drawn on the beach,  listening to the dance-music of the tide in the evening.

~ Rabindranath Tagore

Spring Daffodil

The flowers of late winter and early spring occupy places in our hearts well out of proportion to their size.

~ Gertrude S. Wister

Sharing with a Nuthatch

The willingness to share does not make one charitable; it makes one free.  
~Robert Brault

In The Moment

White Breasted Nuthatch
Available as a Note Card - HERE 

Tufted Titmouse 

Living in the moment brings you a sense of reverence for all of life’s blessings.

~  Oprah Winfrey

Tree Reflections

The original image - trees reflected in the pond 

Now it is rotated - and it looks like a a foggy tree pic.
But no, it is a reflection :) 

Fire in the Sky - Sunset

May I never miss a sunset or a rainbow because I am looking down.

~Sara June Parker

A Visit to The Cascades

Images capture during a visit to 

The Cascades - Giles County, Virginia

These vines/roots reminded me of an anteater?  
Do you see it?