Monday
Sunday
Unknown Butterfly

Updated: Found out this is an Eight spotted forester moth - not a butterfly at all. Very cool!
Labels:
butterfly,
Eight spotted forester moth,
Heritage Park,
moth,
nature,
outdoors
Saturday
Graduation Day
Hope you all have a Wonderful Saturday!
Friday
Song Sparrow with Dinner
During a walk one evening I found this Song Sparrow with his dinner. I am not sure if this is a spider or a dragonfly that he has captured for his meal. Whatever it was, I am sure it was tasty. Maybe he had some little ones near by that he was going to share with.
Wishing you all a Lovely Day!!
Labels:
backyard birding,
bird,
bird behaviour,
birding,
birds,
nature,
outdoors,
Song Sparrow
Thursday
Beauty in Blue
So many things become beautiful when you really look.
~ Lauren Oliver
Summer Azure Butterfly
More Butterfly Images - HERE
Labels:
blue butterfly,
butterfly,
insect,
nature,
outdoors,
summer azure butterfly
Wednesday
Getting Ready for Take Off
Labels:
Bug,
haiku,
insect,
Macro,
nature,
outdoors,
soldier beetle,
wings,
Wings on Wednesday
Tuesday
A Wonder in Red
The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.
~ W.B Yeats
Another amazing creature with a firm grip on a blade of grass! These little guys are so very interesting. They seem to hover over the grass until they find just the right spot to take hold. When I first started blogging I thought these little guys were dragonflies ~ but actually they are damselflies. I'm sure there are many differences between the two but the main one I know of is the way they hold their wings. Damselflies hold them close to their body, while the dragonfly has them wide open. Id'd by Randy as an Eastern Red Damsel.
Labels:
damsefly,
insect,
Macro,
nature,
outdoors,
Red damsefly,
Ruby Tuesday,
wonders
Monday
Orange Crush
Sometimes I get so caught up in my own problems that I forget how amazing the world is.
Wendelin Van Draanen
I am amazed at what can be found on a blade of grass!
Sunday
Milkweed and Monarch
Wonder. Go on and wonder.
William Faulkner
Milkweed is a perfect butterfly magnet and is the host plant for the Monarch butterflies.
I was ELATED to capture a Monarch laying eggs! - See it HERE
Labels:
butterfly,
Deerfield Trail,
insect,
Milkweed,
Monarch,
Monarch Butterfly,
nature,
outdoors,
Today's Flowers,
wonder
Saturday
Treasure Found
Labels:
dragonfly,
insect,
Izaak Walton Park,
nature,
outdoors
Friday
Listening
Labels:
bird watching,
birds,
Friday Feathers,
gray catbird,
Heritage Park,
listen,
listening,
nature,
outdoors
Thursday
Very Small in a Big World

Go out, go out I beg of you
And taste the beauty of the wild.
Behold the miracle of the earth
With all the wonder of a child.
- Edna Jaques
A Scorpion Fly peeking out at me behind some blades of grass. When I see this I think of what a tiny creature he is in such a great big world.
Sometimes I feel like this Scorpion Fly.
Labels:
grass,
Heritage Park,
insect,
Life,
nature,
outdoors,
scorpion fly
Wednesday
Red Admiral Butterfly
He was quite cooperative with me.
I was able to get him with his wings up .....
...... and with his wings down.
I was able to get him with his wings up .....
...... and with his wings down.
I love it that they take on a whole new look depending on how they have their wings.
For what you see and hear depends a good deal on where you are standing: it also depends on what sort of person you are.
~ C. S. Lewis
Labels:
Blacksburg,
butterfly,
nature,
outdoors,
Red Admiral Butterfly,
Wings on Wednesday
Tuesday
On a Branch
Labels:
bird,
bird watching,
birding,
Blacksburg,
Cardinal,
nature,
outdoors
Monday
Found on a Summer Walk
I found this neat little skipper during a Summer walk. I have no idea on the ID of this little guy.

Walks. The body advances, while the mind flutters around it like a bird.
~ Jules Renard
Labels:
Blacksburg,
butterfly,
dragonfly,
Heritage Park,
nature,
outdoors,
skipper
Sunday
Birding and Bugging

Brown Thrasher poses for me..


The seeker embarks on a journey to find what he wants and discovers, along the way, what he needs.
~ Wally Lamb
Saturday
Sunshine on a Swallowtail
Butterflies are but flowers that blew away one sunny day when Nature was feeling at her most inventive and fertile.
Friday
Carolina Wren Stretch
When you recover or discover something that nourishes your soul and brings joy, care enough about yourself to make room for it in your life.
~ Jean Shinoda Bolen
More Of My Carolina Wrens - HERE
Carolina Wrens LOVE the birdfeeder wreath that I have out on my back deck. This little one is stretching out his neck to see what kind of treats he can find. Not only are they beautiful birds, but they have lovely song. You can listen - HERE (go to "sounds" and push play)
~ Jean Shinoda Bolen
More Of My Carolina Wrens - HERE
Carolina Wrens LOVE the birdfeeder wreath that I have out on my back deck. This little one is stretching out his neck to see what kind of treats he can find. Not only are they beautiful birds, but they have lovely song. You can listen - HERE (go to "sounds" and push play)
Labels:
bird feeder wreath,
Carolina Wren,
Friday Feathers,
nature,
outdoors
Thursday
Think Positive!
Do you ever have one of those days when things just don't seem right? I have those sometimes and to improve my mood I try to think positive thoughts ~ Here's a few
Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you'll start having positive results
~ Willie Nelson
The positive thinker sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible
~ Anonymous
~ Anonymous
There is little difference in people, but that little difference makes a big difference. The little difference is attitude. The big difference is whether it is positive or negative.
~ W. Clement Stone
~ W. Clement Stone
Optimism is the one quality more associated with success and happiness than any other.
~ Brian Tracy
~ Brian Tracy
Every day may not be good, but there's something good in every day.
Anonymous
Wishing you Wonderful day! - THINK POSITIVE!
Wednesday
Tree Swallow
I expect to pass though this world but once. Any good therefore that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to my fellow-creature, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.
~Stephen Grellet
Labels:
bird,
bird watching,
birding,
Bisset Park,
kindness,
nature,
outdoors,
quote,
Stephen Grellet,
tree swallow,
Wings on Wednesday
Tuesday
Little Creatures
Monday
Tufted Titmouse ~ A Pretty Face
Labels:
Macro Monday,
nature,
outdoors,
tufted titmouse
Sunday
Friday
Appreciate Beautiful Moments
Appreciate every little beautiful moment in every day of your life. Give it a try and you'll see the world from another perspective.
― Thea Kristine May
Two for One
A cardinal and a goldfinch ~ hanging out together on my deck. You can see part of my "feeder wreath" on the right. It is a grapevine wreath that I sprinkle seeds in and use as a bird feeder. You can see more of the thoughts and inspiration behind that wreath HERE. The images of the two birds hanging out in the same area bring to mind that phrase
"why can't we all just get along".
That is what I hope for daily.
That we can all show each other
LOVE and UNDERSTANDING
but most of all ~ that we show each other KINDNESS.
Labels:
bird feeder wreath,
Cardinal,
Goldfinch,
kindness,
love,
nature,
outdoors,
understanding
Wednesday
Amazing in the Ordinary
Labels:
amazing in the ordinary,
leaf,
nature,
outdoors
A Flying Tiger
Joy, I realized, isn't so much a circumstance you find yourself in but a choice you make
~ Lisa Wingate
Butterflies are one my GREATEST JOYS
in the Spring and Summer!
More Butterflies - HERE
~ Lisa Wingate
Butterflies are one my GREATEST JOYS
in the Spring and Summer!
More Butterflies - HERE
Monday
Lady in Red
When it comes to defining beauty, we need to embrace uniqueness. Remember: it's the imperfections that make the charm.
Labels:
1st sighting of 2010,
first sighting of 2010,
lady bug,
nature,
outdoors
Sunday
Fascinated with Bees
By your own efforts
Waken yourself, watch yourself,
And live joyfully.
- Buddha
I used to be scared of bees. Truth be told, I used to be scared of every kind of bug and flying creature that buzzed. Now they fascinate me. Photography has opened up a whole new world for me. Macro photography allows me to see that world up close.
Saturday
A Source of Solace
Nature has been for me, for as long as I remember, a source of solace, inspiration, adventure, and delight; a home, a teacher, a companion.
Labels:
backyard birding,
birding,
birds,
Goldfinch,
nature,
outdoors,
Sunday symmetry,
symmetry,
wings
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