The Dolphins Swam Right Past Me

As I was looking out at the beautiful ocean .....the dolphins swam right past me.

I'm not great with video  - but here is a little glimpse of what I saw

And if the video link doesn't work - you can watch it - HERE 

Fritillary on the Milkweed

 What wonders lie in every mountain day! 

- John Muir

Friendship at the Fence Post

 Friends share all things.

 ― Pythagoras

Forget-me-not

Hear blessings dropping their blossoms around you.

― Rumi

Print Available - HERE 

More info on this lovely flower and the folklore 

behind its name is found:

HERE

Monarch Caterpillar Found!

Print Available - HERE 

Where the determination is, 
the way can be found. 

 George S. Clason

Great Spangled Fritillary Butterfly

....The beauty and mystery of this world only emerges through affection, attention, interest and compassion; .... open your eyes wide and actually see this world by attending to its colors, details and irony.

 ― Orhan Pamuk

More Fritillary Butterflies - HERE 

Yellow-shafted Northern Flicker in Flight

Hope is the thing with feathers 

That perches in the soul, 

 And sings the tune without the words, 

 and never stops at all.

 - Emily Dickinson

Check out the "artsy" version of this - HERE 

Dragonfly Wings

Any one of us can be a rainbow 
in somebody's clouds. 

 - Maya Angelou

A Different Version of this - HERE 

dragonfly art

Orange Dream - Textured Flower Art

"If you have a mind at peace, 
and a heart that cannot harden, 
Go find a door that opens wide 
upon a lovely garden." 

- Author Unknown

Print Available - HERE 

After the Rose has Bloomed

 Life is your art. An open, aware heart is your camera. A oneness with your world is your film. Your bright eyes and easy smile is your museum. 

 ― Ansel Adams

Song Sparrow Sings

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

 ― Lauren Myracle

Artsy Version - HERE 

Looks Like Fun!

In all of living, have much fun and laughter. Life is to be enjoyed, not just endured. 

 ― Gordon B. Hinckley

I have a HUGE fascination with flight!  I was able to capture this Red Milkweed Beetle during his flight :) 
These little beetles always look so happy!  Their markings make them look like they have a smile on all the time :)

On This We Should Dwell

Dwell on the beauty of life. 

- Marcus Aurelius

Baby Robin Is Hungry

There are really places in your heart that you don't know exist until you love a child.

 - Anne Lamott

I love capturing bird behavior and was thrilled to get this little one begging mom/dad for some food.  

Available - HERE 

 

Rain Drops Keep Falling

Life is full of beauty. Notice it. Notice the bumble bee, the small child, and the smiling faces. Smell the rain, and feel the wind. Live your life to the fullest potential, and fight for your dreams. 
~ Ashley Smith

Print Available - HERE 

Columbine

 All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better. 

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Print Available - HERE 

FaceBook Page - HERE 

 

Lean On Me

Lean on me 

when you're not strong 

And I'll be your friend, 

I'll help you carry on 

For it won't be long 

Til I'm gonna need somebody to lean on

- Bill Withers

When I saw these flowers "leaning" on each other - that verse was the first thing that popped into my mind. 

Available - HERE 

Flower Art - Columbine

 "Your greatest strength is love. 

Your greatest weakness is fear." 

- Yogi Bhajan

This ART created from my original photograph

Print Available - HERE 

Wildflower Wonderland

 I'm not strange, weird, off, nor crazy, 

my reality is just different from yours.

 ― Lewis Carroll

Wildflower Duet

I think we dream so we don’t have to be apart for so long.   If we’re in each other’s dreams, we can be together all the time.

 ― A.A. Milne

This image Available - HERE 

minimalism photos 

 minimalism art

Naturescape

“Those who find beauty in all of nature 

will find themselves at one with the secrets of life itself.” 

- L. Wolfe Gilbert

Print Available - HERE 

Catbird in the Wildflowers

With beauty before me I walk 

With beauty behind me I walk 

With beauty above me and about me,  I walk, 

It is finished in beauty 

It is finished in beauty. 

 - Navaho Night Chant

Available - HERE 

Meadowlark Flyaway

You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.

 ― Maya Angelou

Print Available - 
Here

White Checkered Skipper

Seen at Kentland Farms - Blacksburg, Virginia

We are not what we know but what we are willing to learn. 

- Mary Catherine Bateson

Print Available - HERE 

Free June 2014 Calendar Download

Meadowlark in the Wildflowers - Kentland Farms - Blacksburg, Virginia 

Happy June!