Black-eyed Susan

"Kind hearts are the gardens; 

 kind thoughts are the roots; 

 kind words are the flowers; 

 kind deeds are the fruits." 

 - English Proverb

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Colorful Canoes at Hungry Mother State Park

“I go to nature every day for 

inspiration in the day’s work.” 

– Frank Lloyd Wright

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Tree in the Fog along the Blue Ridge Parkway

"Quiet the mind, and the soul will speak." 

 ~ Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati

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Spring at the Duck Pond

Spring at the Virginia Tech Duck Pond

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Bee on the Lavender

"In joy or sadness, flowers 

are our constant friends." 

 - Kozuko Okakura

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Bluestone Lake - Hinton West Virginia

“The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quite alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be and that God wishes to see people happy, amidst the simple beauty of nature. As longs as this exists, and it certainly always will, I know that then there will always be comfort for every sorrow, whatever the circumstances may be. And I firmly believe that nature brings solace in all troubles.” 

― Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl

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Male Goldfinch in the Thistle

"Talk happiness. The world is sad enough" 

- Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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View from the FireTower - Pipestem State Park

"To see the Summer Sky 

Is Poetry, 

though never in a Book it lie – 

True Poems flee –" 

~ Emily Dickinson

View from the Fire Tower at Pipestem State Park

Pipestem, West Virginia 

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Trees and Forest - Pipestem State Park

“...the woods, when they give at all, give unstintedly, and hold nothing back from their true worshippers. We must go to them lovingly, humbly, patiently, watchfully, and we shall learn what poignant loveliness lurks in the wild places and silent intervales, lying under starshine and sunset, what cadences of unearthly music are harped on aged pine boughs or crooned in copses of fir, what delicate savours exhale from mosses and ferns in sunny corners or on damp brooklands, what dreams and myths and legends of an older time haunt them. Then the immortal heart of the woods will beat against ours and its subtle life will steal into our veins and make us its own forever, so that no matter where we go or how widely we wander we shall yet be drawn back to the forest to find our most enduring kinship.” 

 ― L.M. Montgomery, The Blue Castle

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Wings of Wonder - Common Buckeye Butterfly

The difference between 

try and triumph is a little umph. 

~Author Unknown

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Hairstreak Butterfly

"Amazement awaits us at every corner." 

~ James Broughton

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Wings of Wonder - Red-spotted Purple Butterfly

"A miracle is often the willingness to see the common in an uncommon way. "

~ Noah Benshea

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Lilies in Pink and White

“Be present in all things and 

thankful for all things.” 

― Maya Angelou

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Lavender in Bloom

“And the secret garden bloomed and bloomed and every morning revealed new miracles.” 

― Frances Hodgson Burnett

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Red-winged Blackbird in Flight Over the Cattails

"Ten times a day something happens to me like this - some strengthening throb of amazement - 

some good sweet empathic ping and swell. 

This is the first, the wildest and the wisest thing 

I know: that the soul exists 

and is built entirely out of attentiveness." 

— Mary Oliver

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The Sun Comes Up Along The Blue Ridge Parkway

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"The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you. 

Don't go back to sleep." 

- Rumi