Patterns In Nature

To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment. 

~ Jane Austen

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Spring Redbud Along Skyline Drive

"Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes and rivers, the mountain and the sea, are excellent schoolmasters, and teach some of us more than we can ever learn from books." 

 - John Lubbock

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Male Cardinal - Singing His Song

As long as we live, 

there is never enough singing. 

 ~ Martin Luther

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Flying Jewel - Hummingbird in Flight

 Nature gets into our souls 

and opens doors to hidden parts of ourselves. 

Pamela Heyda

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Bales of Hay

And the world cannot be discovered by a journey of miles, no matter how long, but only by a spiritual journey, a journey of one inch, very arduous and humbling and joyful, by which we arrive at the ground at our own feet, and learn to be at home.

 ― Wendell Berry

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The Flight of a Monarch Butterfly

I felt my lungs inflate with the onrush of scenery—air, mountains, trees, people. I thought, "This is what it is to be happy.

 ― Sylvia Plath

Happiness is ..... a Monarch Butterfly

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Horseshoes

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Pandapas Pond - Framed By Fall

“For as long as she could remember, she had thought that autumn air went well with books, that the two both somehow belonged with blankets, comfortable armchairs, 

and big cups of coffee or tea.” 

 ― Katarina Bivald

Autumn Air also goes well with a wonderful walk in the forest.

This image captured several years ago during

a walk around Pandapas Pond in Autumn

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Open Arms

Every morning is a new arrival. 

 - Rumi

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American Goldfinch - Thistle Bender

Dance. Smile. Giggle. Marvel. TRUST. HOPE. LOVE. WISH. BELIEVE. Most of all, enjoy every moment of the journey, and appreciate where you are at this moment instead of always focusing on how far you have to go.

 — Mandy Hale

Although not as brightly colored as her male counterpart, 

this Female American Goldfinch was looking quite

fetching in the thistle.

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In The Catbird Seat

Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them. 

 ― Marcus Aurelius

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Historic Covered Bridge - Newport Virginia

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Spread Your Petals

It doesn't matter who you are, 

 where you come from. 

 The ability to triumph begins with you. 

 Always.

 ~ Oprah Winfrey

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Catbird Calling

Summertime is always the best of what might be. 

 ~ Charles Bowden

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Helping Hands

There is nothing more beautiful than someone who goes out of their way to make life beautiful for others.

 ― Mandy Hale

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Hummingbird Moth in Flight

Fresh air is as good for the mind as for the body. Nature always seems trying to talk to us as if she had some great secret to tell. 
And so she has. 

- John Lubbock

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Coneflower Companion

Swallowtail Butterfly on a Coneflower

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A Young Mockingbird

“may my heart always be open to little

birds who are the secrets of living

whatever they sing is better than to know

and if men should not hear them men are old

may my mind stroll about hungry

and fearless and thirsty and supple

and even if it's sunday may i be wrong

for whenever men are right they are not young

and may myself do nothing usefully

and love yourself so more than truly

there's never been quite such a fool who could fail

pulling all the sky over him with one smile” 

- E.E. Cummings


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Jewels In Nature

 Everything in life is speaking 

in spite of its apparent silence.

~ Hazrat Inayat Khan

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The Big Day!

Logan and Brianna Saville-Reynolds

Married July 4, 2015

My daughter and new son-in-law

I am a VERY Happy Mamma!

These are a few of the iPhone pics I took.  

As soon as we get the "real" wedding pics I'll be posting those!!

Holding On

 All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on. 

~ Havelock Ellis 

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Tiny Treasures

The real voyage of discovery consists of 

not in seeking new landscapes 

but in having new eyes.

- Marcel Proust

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