"There is an eternal landscape, a geography of the soul; we search for its outlines all our lives."
Wednesday
Sunday
Ocean Sunrise
Because of the tender mercy of our God, With which the Sunrise (the Messiah) from on high will dawn and visit us, To shine upon those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, To guide our feet [in a straight line] into the way of peace and serenity.”
Luke 1:78-79 Amplified Bible (AMP)
Sunrise captured on Christmas Holiday 2015
Atlantic Beach, North Carolina
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Wednesday
The Fog Rolls In
Quiet the mind, and the soul will speak.
~ Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati
The Bluestone Gorge at
Tuesday
Tangled Vines in the Forest
"I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived."
- Henry David Thoreau
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Monday
Blue Jay on Icy Branches
"Winter, a lingering season, is a time to gather golden moments, embark upon a sentimental journey, and enjoy every idle hour. "
- John Boswell
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Friday
On The Wings Of A Snow White Dove
On the wings of a snow-white dove.
He sends His pure sweet love.
A sign from above.
On the wings of a dove.
This was a country gospel song that my mom used to sing to me when I was a little girl. In my research
I've found that a lot of artists have recorded this song, but I believe I am correct with it being written by Bob Ferguson.
Do you remember this old song?
Tuesday
Botanic Garden in Washington DC
This holiday display was at the
US Botanic Gardens in Washington, DC
during my visit there in December 2015.
If you ever get an opportunity to visit, I would highly recommend it!
Music In the Window
Music!—who loves it not? who has not felt his soul soothed and softened by its sweet influence?
~ F.B., "Notes of Music," 1848
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Monday
Wednesday
Happy Thanksgiving
"O Lord that lends me life,
Lend me a heart replete with thankfulness."
~ William Shakespeare
Happy Thanksgiving!
Tuesday
Cedar Waxwing in Autumn Leaves
"Give me the end of the year an' its fun
When most of the plannin' an' toilin' is done;
Bring all the wanderers home to the nest,
Let me sit down with the ones I love best,
Hear the old voices still ringin' with song,
See the old faces unblemished by wrong,
See the old table with all of its chairs
An' I'll put soul in my Thanksgivin' prayers."
Monday
Autumn Scenery
"On such a day each road is planned
To lead to some enchanted land;
Each turning meets expectancy.
The signs I read on every hand.
I
know by autumn's wizardry
On such a day the world can be
Only a great glad dream for me--
Only a great glad dream for me!"
- Eleanor Myers Jewett, An Autumn Day
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Friday
Crisp Autumn Leaves
Every leaf speaks bliss to me,
Fluttering from the autumn tree.
~ Emily Bronte
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Thursday
Bath Time For Birdie
Song Sparrow
Every season hath its pleasures:
Spring may boast her flowery prime,
Yet the vineyard's ruby treasures
Brighten Autumn's soberer time.
So life's year begins and closes;
Days, though shortening, still can shine;
What, though youth gave loves and roses,
Age still leaves us friends and wine.
~Thomas Moore
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Wednesday
Inside The Burning Bush
White-throated Sparrow in the "Burning Bush"
"In the garden of my life
I'm done with anger, done with strife.
I cultivate my own few joys
far from this culture's buzzing noise.
Colonnade and marketplace,
fame's small change and money's race,
academe's cold haughty tower --
have no meaning, hold no power.
Letting go of shoulds and oughts,
I concentrate on greener thoughts
and find as I fulfill my soul
that things spin calmly in control,
that though events conspire still,
they tend to bend towards my will.
No greater cause achieves the measure
than that of my own reasoned pleasure."
- Peter Saint-Andre, In the Garden
Tuesday
Autumn Robin
The bright summer had passed away, and gorgeous autumn was flinging its rainbow-tints of beauty on hill and dale.
(Digital Painting version)
Mark how the forest now hath doffed its green,
And Nature dons her cloak of many hues;
Now reigns the holy beauty of Decay!
How calmly sleeps the lake: the coloured woods
Reflected on its face in thousand tints...
Like rainbows wreck'd, all the gay woods do sing...
~ James Rigg
Print Available (digital painting version) - HERE
Monday
Autumn Morning at Claytor Lake State Park
"In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration."
Ansel Adams
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Sunday
Mourning Dove
“I hold it true that thoughts are things
Endowed with bodies, breath, and wings,
And that we send them forth to fill
The world with good results - or ill.
That which we call our secret thought
Speeds to the earth's remotest spot,
And leaves its blessings or its woes
Like tracks behind it as it goes.
It is God's law. Remember it
In your still chamber as you sit
With thoughts you would not dare have known,
And yet made comrades when alone.
These thoughts have life; and they will fly
And leave their impress by-and-by,
Like some marsh breeze, whose poisoned breath
Breathes into homes its fevered breath.
And after you have quite forgot
Or all outgrown some vanished thought,
Back to your mind to make its home,
A dove or raven, it will come.
Then let your secret thoughts be fair;
They have a vital part and share
In shaping worlds and moulding fate --
God's system is so intricate.”
― Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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Sit and Watch The Leaves Turn
Everyone must take time
to sit and watch the leaves turn.
- Elizabeth Lawrence
Autumn at Pandapas Pond in Blacksburg, Virginia
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Friday
Robin Watching
“The lure of the distant and the difficult
is deceptive.
The great opportunity is where you are.”
― John Burroughs
Thursday
Burning Brightly
Autumn burned brightly, a running flame through the mountains,
a torch flung to the trees.
~ Faith Baldwin
Tuesday
Thursday
Wednesday
The Measure of Leaves
"Leaves drift softly earthward toward the grass
Spring and summer blend from green to gold ...
Spring and summer blend from green to gold ...
Tuesday
Saturday
Monday
Autumn Squirrel
"The average squirrel cogitation
goes something like this:
I wonder what there is to eat.”
― Kate DiCamillo
I'm quite a bit like the squirrel as I'm always wondering the same thing :)
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Male Cardinal Surrounded by Autumn - Textured Art
Days are stringed instruments and every one strikes a different note.
~ Kenneth Alfred Evelyn Alexander
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Tuesday
A Farewell
This was a picture of Mom and Dad that was
taken soon after they married - 69 years ago.
On Monday, September 12 my mother
traveled to her eternal home.
I take comfort in knowing that I will see her again.
My home is in heaven.
I'm just traveling through this world.
- Billy Graham
Monday
Fog Rising Over the Pond
“You have to accept whatever comes,
and the only important thing
is that you meet it with
the best you have to give.”
― Eleanor Roosevelt
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Trees Along the Path at Bisset Park
Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.
Wednesday
Tuesday
Great Blue Heron Visitor
The world is full of Poetry—the air
Is living with its spirit; and the waves
Dance to the music of its melodies,
And sparkle in its brightness.
Earth is veiled,
And mantled with its beauty; and the walls,
That close the universe, with crystal, in,
Are eloquent with voices, that proclaim
The unseen glories of immensity...
~ James G. Percival
Print Available - HERE
Monday
Leaf in the Wildflowers
"Happily we bask in this warm September sun,
Which illuminates all creatures..."
- Henry David Thoreau
Friday
Ocean Palms
A vacation is having nothing to do
and all day to do it in.
~ Robert Orben
Taken during our trip to Jekyll Island, Georgia this past July.
Wednesday
They Just Fell Like That
Alas! there is no instinct like the heart...
~ Lord Byron
As I was walking I saw these leaves on the ground ....
Monday
Out For A Walk
"If you are seeking creative ideas, go out walking. Angels whisper to a man when he goes for a walk."
Sunday
Monarch Butterfly on Thistle
“Life becomes easier and more beautiful when we can see the good in other people.”
― Roy T. Bennett
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Thursday
Young Robin
Living in the moment brings you a sense of reverence for all of life’s blessings.
~ Oprah Winfrey
Available - HERE
Wednesday
The Sunny Side of Life
Beautiful and graceful, varied and enchanting, small but approachable, butterflies lead you to the sunny side of life. And everyone deserves a little sunshine.
~ Jeffrey Glassberg
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Tuesday
Wildflower Jumble
Each moment of the year has its own beauty...
a picture which was never before and shall never be seen again.
Wednesday
Monarch Magnificence
To lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time.
― John Lubbock
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Tuesday
John Preston McConnell Library - Radford University
“The more that you read,
the more things you will know.
The more that you learn,
the more places you'll go.”
― Dr. Seuss
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Monday
Little White Church - Monroe County West Virginia
“All I have seen teaches me to trust
the Creator for all I have not seen.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson
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