~ Spring arrived and all was right with the world ~
More of my Spring Images - HERE
Saturday
Friday
Thursday
Chickadee Behavior - Holding and Eating a Nut
Close up of the Carolina Chickadee holding a nut against the tree with his feet and taking a bite.
To know how other people behave takes intelligence, but to know myself takes wisdom. To manage other people's lives takes strength, but to manage my own life takes true power. If I am content with what I have, I can live simply and enjoy both prosperity and free time. If my goals are clear, I can achieve them without fuss. If I am at peace with myself, I will not spend my life force in conflicts. If I have learned to let go, I do not need to fear dying.
John Heider
More of My Chickadee Images - HERE
John Heider
More of My Chickadee Images - HERE
Wednesday
Tuesday
American Robin with Breakfast
"What's for breakfast?" said Pooh.
"What do you say, Piglet?"
"What do you say, Piglet?"
"I say, I wonder what's going to happen exciting today?" said Piglet.
Pooh nodded thoughtfully.
"It's the same thing," he said.”
"It's the same thing," he said.”
― A.A. Milne
Monday
Sunday
Wild Goose Chase
Or the car rattling o'er the stony street;
On with the dance! let joy be unconfined;
No sleep till morn, when Youth and Pleasure meet
Saturday
Thursday
Heron Drops His Fish
In order to succeed you must fail, so that you know what not to do the next time.
~Anthony J. D'Angelo
Tuesday
Sunday
Bee and Bokeh
“Is the spring coming?" he said. "What is it like?"...
"It is the sun shining on the rain and the rain falling on the sunshine...”
― Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden
Eastern Towhee And His Song
All deep things are song. It seems somehow the very central essence of us, song; as if all the rest were but wrappages and hulls!
~Thomas Carlyle
Izaak Walton Park - Christiansburg, VA
A Link to the Eastern Towhee's Songs and Calls is - HERE
Saturday
Nuthatch hides a Nut - Bird Behavior
~Laurence Olivier
I watched while the White-breasted Nuthatch took a seed/nut - hid it behind some tree bark - and back he came for more. I don't recall him ever eating these as he took them - just hiding them. I guess he was saving them for later :)
Wishing you a Wonderful Day!
Thursday
Always Opportunities for Kindness
Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for kindness.
- Seneca
Wednesday
Tuesday
Monday
Sunday
Light on the Leaves
A sensitive plant in a garden grew,
And the young winds fed it with silver dew,
And it opened its fan-like leaves to the light,
and closed them beneath the kisses of night.
~Percy Bysshe Shelley
Taken with iPhone and Olloclip macro lens
Saturday
Thursday
Walking In Wonder
I walk the world in wonder.
~Oscar Wilde
I've been asked which comes first - the quote or the image. 99% of the time the image comes first - however - when I found this quote - it seemed to sum up exactly how I feel about walking in nature - It is ALWAYS a WONDER to me. So I searched to find something that would convey that - and this is what I found :) There is so much wonder out there if we take the time to look around.
Wishing you all a Day filled with WONDER!
Wednesday
Come on - Laugh With Me!
A smile is a curve that sets everything straight.
~Phyllis Diller
Not the most graceful heron - but he made me smile!
~Phyllis Diller
Not the most graceful heron - but he made me smile!
This was taken during one of our vacations in Pine Knoll Shores, North Carolina.
This guy was at the North Carolina Aquarium.
This guy was at the North Carolina Aquarium.
Don't you find that everything seems a bit better when you smile? :) It's so hard to be upset with a smile on your face or laughter in your voice.
So come on - Laugh with me - and get your smile on!
Connected
- Armand Dimele
Tuesday
Monday
Sunday
I Hope This Makes You Smile
Little ducklings on the move ~ Always make me smile :)
Hope you have a Wonderful Day!
Saturday
A Muskrat Gathers Grass
From May 2009. As I took this trip down memory lane, I recalled My First and Only (so far) Muskrat Encounter
This is the same image as the top one - just cropped a little closer so you can see the grasses in his mouth. I assume he was taking these for food for his little ones
OR for building a nest.
“I believe that if children fall in love with wildlife they will grow up wanting to protect it.”
OR for building a nest.
― Imogen Taylor
Friday
Colt At Rest Among the Wildflowers
Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest we take between two deep breaths.
~Etty Hillesum
A Place to Watch the Sun Set
One of the most satisfying experiences I know is fully to appreciate an individual
in the same way I appreciate a sunset.
When I look at a sunset...I don't find myself saying, 'Soften the orange a litle more on the right hand corner, and put a bit more purple along the base, and use a little more pink in the cloud color...
I don't try to control a sunset.
I watch it with awe as it unfolds.
Carl R. Rogers
My wish for today and everyday -
Allow me to appreciate each individual for who they are - and watch with awe as they "unfold".
Thursday
Waking Up to the Song of Robins
Stay, little cheerful Robin! stay,
And at my easement sing,
Though it should prove a farewell lay
And this our parting spring.
Then, little Bird, this boon confer,
Come, and my requiem sing,
Nor fail to be the harbinger
Of everlasting spring.
—William Wordsworth
Waking up to Robin's song puts me in a good mood! Have you ever heard the morning song of a Robin? Click HERE for his beautiful music.