Monday

Hummingbird Moths In Flight - Delight and Joy


"Not by appointment do we meet delight Or joy; 
 they heed not our expectancy; 
 But round some corner of the streets of life 
 they of a sudden greet us with a smile." 
 ~ Gerald Massey

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Thursday

Amazing Insects - Hummingbird Moth


"Look everywhere. There are miracles and curiosities to fascinate and intrigue for many lifetimes:.." 
Jay Woodman

My First of Year sighting of a Hummingbird Moth
Heritage Park - Blacksburg, VA
07-09-17


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Tuesday

Resting On Purple

"Nature is not a place to visit, it is home." 
 - Gary Snyder

Cabbage White Butterfly 

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Carolina Wren - Shout For Joy


"Shout for JOY 
to the Lord 
all the earth."
Psalm 100:1

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Monday

Chili Pepper Art


You can't use up creativity. 
The more you use, the more you have. 
- Maya Angelou


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Wild Birds - Anhinga


The trick is to enjoy life. Don't wish away your days, waiting for better ones ahead. The grand and the simple. They are equally wonderful. 
 ― Marjorie Pay Hinckley

During a visit to Florida, I was able to see my first Anhinga drying its wings.
What a super sight to see!

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Thursday

Life Delights In Life


"For everything that lives is holy, 
life delights in life." 
- William Blake  

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Wednesday

White Hydrangea


"Teach us delight in the simple things,
And mirth that has no bitter springs;

Forgiveness free of evil done,
And love to all men beneath the sun."
- Rudyard Kipling 


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Monday

In Love with Lavender


“And the secret garden bloomed and bloomed and every morning revealed new miracles.”
 ― Frances Hodgson Burnett

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Thursday

Driftwood Beach in Black and White

"I realized if I wait until I'm not scared to try new things, then I'll never get to try them at all.” 
 ― Marie Sexton

Driftwood Beach on Jekyll Island in Georgia 

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Wednesday

Monarch Butterfly on the Milkweed


“There are only two ways to live your life. 
One is as though nothing is a miracle. 
The other is as though 
everything is a miracle.” 
 ― Albert Einstein

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First of Year Monarch Sighting for 2017 
Seen Sunday 07-09-17 

Heritage Park, Blacksburg, Virginia

Tuesday

House Finch Hanging Around


"May you see the world with wonder. 
 And may you imagine only good things." 
~ Charlene Costanzo

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Monday

Monarch Caterpillar


"Life is a voyage of discovery." 
 ~ Unknown  


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Friday

Lavender To The Sky


"Gardening is the art that uses flowers and plants as paint, and the soil and sky as canvas." 
- Elizabeth Murray

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Thursday

A Garden To Walk In....


“A garden to walk in 
and immensity to dream in--
what more could he ask? 
A few flowers at his feet 
and above him the stars.” 
― Victor Hugo

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Tuesday

Lilies In the Garden

“Anything you can do to make the world a more beautiful place is worth trying.” 
 ― Dorian Cirrone

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Hydrangea Close Up


"What a desolate place would be a world without a flower! It would be a face without a smile, a feast without a welcome. Are not flowers the stars of the earth, and are not our stars the flowers of the heaven." 
-  A.J. Balfour

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Monday

Female Goldfinch in the Flowers


"The greatest gift of the garden is the restoration of the five senses." 
 ~ Hanna Rion

Female American Goldfinch in the flowers
at the Hahn Horticulture Garden,
Blacksburg, Virginia 

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Visitor to The Lavender



‘As Rosemary is to the Spirit, 
so Lavender is to the Soul.‘ 
– Unknown

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Sunday

Delightful Dragonfly


“Fear never scaled one mountain, never stepped up on a stage, never accepted a challenge, never tilled new ground, never walked in a race; he never even dared to dream. Fear failed to slay a single dragon. Remember this before you choose to keep his company.” 
 ― Richelle E. Goodrich

A Widow Skimmer Dragonfly (I think)

I used to be so afraid of dragonflies. Of all kinds of insects really - until a little over 10 years ago when Jim purchased my first camera for me. Since then I've been hooked on viewing nature - and some of it quite closely. The intricacies of the wings of a dragonfly make my heart sing