Respond to every call
that excites your spirit.
— Rumi
Monday
White-breasted Nuthatch in the Forest
The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is where you are.
Wednesday
Founders Park - Alexandria Virginia
“Parks and playgrounds are the soul of a city.”
― Marty Rubin
Print Available - HERE
Founders Park is a peaceful riverside park in Old Town, Alexandria, Virginia. It is near the shops and restaurants of King Street, the Alexandria Marina and the Torpedo Factory
Founders Park is a peaceful riverside park in Old Town, Alexandria, Virginia. It is near the shops and restaurants of King Street, the Alexandria Marina and the Torpedo Factory
Tuesday
Capital Wheel Reflections
No two visions are alike. Those who reach the heights have all toiled up the steep mountains by a different route. To each has been revealed a different panorama.
- Albert Pinkham Ryder
This is the Capital Wheel. As you can tell, it was a very calm morning on the water when I took this.
More info on the Capital Wheel can be found - HERE
Sunday
Tuesday
A Quote About Christmas
"Let me not wrap, stack, box, bag, tie, tag, bundle, seal, keep Christmas.
Christmas kept is liable to mold.
Let me give Christmas away, unwrapped, by exuberant armfuls.
Let me share, dance, live Christmas unpretentiously, merrily,
responsibly with overflowing hands, tireless steps and sparkling eyes.
Christmas given away will stay fresh—even until it comes again."
Monday
Sunday
The Blushing Farewell
I walked alone in the depths of Autumn woods;
The ruthless winds had left the maple bare;
The fern was withered, and the sweetbrier's breath
No longer gave its fragrance to the air.
~ Albert Laighton
Mushroom Art - Shaggy Ink Cap Mushroom
“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.”
― Marcel Proust
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Autumn Squirrel
It is not easy to walk alone in the country without musing upon something.
~ Charles Dickens
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Thursday
Peanut Thief
Whatever we are waiting for – peace of mind, contentment, grace, the inner awareness of simple abundance – it will surely come to us, but only when we are ready to receive it with an open and grateful heart.
Tuesday
Blue Jay - Peanut Lover
“We live far happier lives when we are generous in as many ways as possible.”
― Cathy Burnham Martin
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White-crowned Sparrow in the Snow
"The only way to live is to accept each minute as an unrepeatable miracle, which is exactly what it is: a miracle and unrepeatable."
– Storm Jameson
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Monday
Be Grateful
Be grateful for the kindly friends
that walk along your way;
Be grateful for the skies of blue
that smile from day to day;
Be grateful for the health you own,
the work you find to do,
For round about you there are men less fortunate than you.
Be grateful for the growing trees,
the roses soon to bloom,
The tenderness of kindly hearts
that shared your days of gloom;
Be grateful for the morning dew,
the grass beneath your feet,
The soft caresses of your babes and all their laughter sweet.
Acquire the grateful habit,
learn to see how blest you are,
How much there is to gladden life,
how little life to mar!
And what if rain shall fall today
and you with grief are sad;
Be grateful that you can recall the joys that you have had.
White-crowned Sparrow on a Branch
“Kindness can transform
someone's dark moment with a blaze of light.
You'll never know how much your caring matters. Make a difference for another today.”
― Amy Leigh Mercree
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Wednesday
Dancing Under The Moon
To be creative means to be in love with life. You can be creative only if you love life enough that you want to enhance its beauty, you want to bring a little more music to it, a little more poetry to it, a little more dance to it.
― Osho
Available - HERE
― Osho
Available - HERE
Cedar Waxwing In The Berries
Doing what you love is the cornerstone of having abundance in your life.
Sit Still And Watch Them
Frosty maple leaves on an autumn morning.
Even if something is left undone, everyone must take time to sit still and watch the leaves turn.
Even if something is left undone, everyone must take time to sit still and watch the leaves turn.
Monday
The Heart of Autumn
"Come said the wind to
the leaves one day,
Come o're the meadows
and we will play.
Put on your dresses
scarlet and gold,
For summer is gone
and the days grow cold."
-
A Children's Song of the 1880's
Sunday
Save Face Barn
Print Available - HERE
It used to be that we would
see Mail Pouch Barns
advertising chewing tobacco or
"spit tobacco" - Now we
see these barns cropping up
that say "Save Face" -
and on the other side it says "stop spit tobacco."
Claytor Lake State Park - Gazebo in Black and White
When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive – to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.
— Marcus Aurelius
Morning at Claytor Lake State Park
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Frosty Leaves
“I think of the trees and how simply they let go, let fall the riches of a season, how without grief (it seems) they can let go and go deep into their roots for renewal and sleep.... Imitate the trees. Learn to lose in order to recover, and remember that nothing stays the same for long....
Wednesday
Tuesday
A Newport Autumn
"Life starts all over again
when it gets crisp in the fall."
– F. Scott Fitzgerald
Along an Autumn Road in Newport, Virginia
Giles County, Virginia
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Monday
Thursday
White-throated Sparrow - Watercolor Art
Colors speak all languages.
- Joseph Addison
This art created from my original photograph
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Wednesday
Male Cardinal - Handsome Fella
“I want to be as idle as I can,
so that my soul may have time to grow.”
Tuesday
Robin in the Dogwood
The days may not be so bright and balmy—yet the quiet and melancholy that linger around them is fraught with glory. Over everything connected with autumn there lingers some golden spell—some unseen influence that penetrates the soul with its mysterious power.
Frosted Autumn Leaves
“The leaves fall, the wind blows, and the farm country slowly changes from the summer cottons into its winter wools.”
Monday
Patterns at the Pond
With an eye made quiet by the power of harmony, and the deep power of joy, we see into the life of things.
― William Wordsworth
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Autumn Leaves in the Water
“A fallen leaf is nothing more
than a summer’s wave goodbye."
- Author Unknown
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Thursday
Tuesday
Cardinal in the Berries
No spring nor summer’s beauty hath such grace
As I have seen in one Autumnal face....
Monday
Bridges and Trees Along The New River
Autumn Along the New River in Pembroke.
There are actually TWO bridges in this shot.
The 2nd "older" bridge
is on the other side of this newer bridge.
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Autumn Lady
Autumn is the eternal corrective.
It is ripeness and color and a time of maturity;
but it is also breadth, and depth, and distance.
What man can stand with autumn on a hilltop and fail to see the span of his world and the meaning of the rolling hills that reach to the far horizon.
- Hal Borland
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The New River Bridge at Pembroke
The New River Bridge at Pembroke is unusual in its combination of various truss types and engineering details, many of which are unique in the area and survive only rarely statewide. Built in 1915-1916 by the Virginia Bridge and Iron Company of Roanoke, Virginia, it combines seven spans, six of which are carried by metal trusses of four different varieties. The bridge demonstrates the persistence of at least three early technological solutions generally abandoned by the turn of the century: nonriveted field constructions, the use of all pin connections (on the three main spans), and the incorporation of hand-forged welds and wrought iron for various structural members. Within the state, it contains the greatest number and variety of truss types for a given automotive crossing. Additionally, Virginia's longest Pennsylvania Petit through truss is found here, being the last of three bridges of this type to survive. Two other rare statewide features are metal column piers and a Pratt deck truss, the last of two to survive. The New River Bridge is nestled against Castle Rock, one of the most scenic natural formations in the region. The juxtaposition of technological and natural landmarks makes for a unique site.
Source: Library of Congress
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Wednesday
Tuesday
Carolina Wren Sings an Autumn Song
Sing a song of seasons!
Something bright in all,
Flowers in the summer
Fires in the fall!
Friday
Autumn Arrives At the Duck Pond
“Fall ......The time when everything bursts with its last beauty, as if nature had been saving up all year for the grand finale.”
― Lauren DeStefano
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Thursday
Sunday
Sparrow with Autumn Bokeh
“The love, kindnesses, and value we have given authentically to others will be our remaining treasures at the end of life.”
– Steve Brunkhorst
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