"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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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
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."
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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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