"I have a lot to be thankful for.
I am healthy, happy, and I am loved."
- Reba McEntire
We traveled down to the Great Smoky Mountains earlier in November.
What a beautiful sight greeted us!
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Thursday
Sunday
Bluebird Youngster in Autumn
"Keep your face always toward the sunshine,
and shadows will fall behind you."
Saturday
Fairy Stone State Park Reflections
“Gratitude is a quality similar to electricity:
It must be produced and discharged and used up in order to exist at all.”
—William Faulkner
So very thankful for the beautiful State Parks we have here in Virginia.
This is from our visit to Fairy Stone State Park, Stuart Virginia.
10-22-2021
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Sunday
Pileated Woodpecker in Autumn
From our visit to Fairy Stone State Park
October 23, 2021.
Pileated Woodpecker in the Autumn Forest
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Saturday
Autumn Treasures
“How beautifully leaves grow old.
How full of light and color are their last days.”
― John Burroughs
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Sunday
Reflections at Fairy Stone State Park
“Isn’t it funny how day by day nothing changes but when we look back everything is different.”
– C.S. Lewis
Fairy Stone State Park - Stuart, Virginia
10-22-2021
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Draper Mountain Overlook
“Autumn would come to this place of welcome,
this place I would know to be home.
Autumn would come and the air would grow cool,
dry and magic, as it does that time of the year.”
— Henry Rollins
Draper Mountain Overlook - Pulaski County Virginia
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Saturday
Hiwassee Trestle on The New River Trail
May your adventures bring you closer together,
even as they take you far away from home.
- Trenton Lee Stewart
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Sunday
Autumn Leaf
"Thy bounty shines in autumn unconfined
And spreads a common feast for all that live."
- James Thomson
Saturday
Bluebird Moments
“Good morning! Another day, another blessing
and another chance at life.
Take nothing for granted
and think of every breath as a gift.”
– Unknown
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Sunday
Pulaski County Trail
What is most important is to find peace
and to share it with others.
To have peace, you can begin by walking peacefully.
Everything depends on your steps.
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
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More Adventures
“Instead of trying to make your life perfect, give yourself the freedom to make it an adventure, and go ever upward.”
– Drew Houston
Looking at the New River from
Whitt-Riverbend Park in
Ripplemead, Virginia.
Saturday
A Beautiful Day for a Walk
“‘Dear old world’, she murmured,
‘you are very lovely,
and I am glad to be alive in you.‘”
- L. M. Montgomery
From my walk - 09-04-2021 -
in Pulaski County, Virginia.
Sunday
Colorful Sunflower
“See the light in others,
and treat them as if that is all you see.”
– Dr. Wayne Dyer
A Beautiful Day on the Farm
"Explore the world. Nearly everything is really interesting if you go into it deeply enough."
~ Richard Feynman
Barn and Horses from a visit to Foster Falls - part of the
New River Trail State Park.
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Jefferson National Forest - Pembroke Virginia
“Come to the woods, for here is rest. There is no repose like that of the green deep woods. Sleep in forgetfulness of all ill.”
- John Muir
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Thursday
Skipper on the Marigold
"Just living is not enough. One must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower."
— Hans Christian Andersen
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Sunday
Hummingbird Captures The Flower
As I was watching this little hummingbird
dive into the purple flowers,
I was fortunate to
see it come out with one of the flowers
on its beak.
A Lucky Shot for Sure!
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Saturday
He Wears It Well
“Surround yourself with positive people and you’ll be a positive person.”
– Kellie Pickler
Male Eastern Bluebird
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Tiny Dancers
“Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine.”
– Anthony J. D’Angelo
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In The Purple - A Hummingbird Moth
"For every beauty
there is an eye somewhere to see it.
For every truth
there is an ear somewhere to hear it.
For every love there is a heart
somewhere to receive it."
- Ivan Panin
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Sunday
Saturday
Wednesday
Hummingbird in the Bee Balm
“Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.”
— Leo Buscaglia
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Monday
Inside a Lily
“True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future, not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears but to rest satisfied with what we have, which is sufficient, for he that is so wants nothing. The greatest blessings of mankind are within us and within our reach. A wise man is content with his lot, whatever it may be, without wishing for what he has not.”
- Seneca
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Sunday
Catbird Berry Toss
"He who sows courtesy reaps friendship,
and he who plants kindness gathers love."
~ St. Basil
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Monday
Adventures Are Just Around The Corner
“Always there has been an adventure just around the corner…and the world is still full of corners.”
― Roy Chapman Andrews
The Huckleberry Trail in Blacksburg, Virginia
(Glade Road Side)
Saturday
The Beauty of Lilies
"May you listen to your longing to be free.
May the frames of your belonging
be large enough for the dreams of your soul.
May you arise each day with a
voice of blessing whispering in your heart ...
something good is going to happen to you.
May you find harmony between your soul and your life.
May the mansion of your soul never become a haunted place.
May you know the eternal longing that lies at the heart of time.
May there be kindness in your gaze when you look within.
May you never place walls between the light and yourself.
May you be set free from the prisons of
guilt, fear, disappointment and despair.
May you allow the wild beauty of the invisible world to gather you,
mind you, and embrace you in belonging."
- John O’Donahue
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Monday
Friday
Fritillary on a Flower
"Those who make compassion an essential part of their lives find the joy of life. Kindness deepens the spirit and
produces rewards that cannot be completely explained in words.
It is an experience more powerful than words.
To become acquainted with kindness one must be prepared to learn new things and feel new feelings.
Kindness is more than a philosophy of the mind.
It is a philosophy of the spirit."
— Robert J. Furey
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More of my Butterflies - HERE
Sunday
Brown Thrasher Takes Flight
“The moment you doubt whether you can fly,
you cease for ever to be able to do it.”
― J. M. Barrie
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Friday
Lady in Yellow - Female Goldfinch
“Life truly is precious.
Gather every moment of it into your arms
& embrace it.”
― Paula Abdul
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Rose-breasted Grosbeak - Male
"By smiling, we initiate a wonderful chain reaction, touching the joy in anyone we encounter.
A smile is an ambassador of goodwill.”
― Thich Nhat Hanh
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Cicada Close-up
Each of us is a unique strand
in the intricate web of life
and here to make a contribution.
― Deepak Chopra
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Tuesday
Frog In The Pond
Welcome every morning with a smile. Look on the new day as another special gift from your Creator, another golden opportunity to complete what you were unable to finish yesterday. Be a self-starter. Let your first hour set the theme of success and positive action that is certain to echo through your entire day. Today will never happen again. Don't waste it with a false start or no start at all. You were not born to fail.
~ Og Mandino
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Mr Frog just relaxing in the garden pond
05-22-2021
Sunday
Rose-breasted Grosbeaks - Male and Female
"A smile is the only status symbol of value."
- Francis McCrossan
Male and Female Rose-breasted Grosbeaks.
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Monday
Peony in Pink
“Happiness cannot be traveled to,
owned, earned, worn or consumed.
Happiness is the spiritual experience
of living every minute
with love, grace, and gratitude.”
– Denis Waitley
Pink Peony in bloom
Hahn Horticulture Garden
05-01-2021
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Sunday
Common Yellowthroat On A Branch
"This is a wonderful day,
I have never seen this one before."
- Maya Angelou
The highlight of my weekend was seeing this Common Yellowthroat
at the Hahn Garden in Blacksburg, Virginia
05-01-2021
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Saturday
Great Blue Heron Wades The Neuse River
"Smile your best smile at everyone you see. Think about all the things you have to be thankful for... and smile. The world will smile with you."
- Frank Bettger
Great Blue Heron along the Neuse River
in Raleigh, North Carolina
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Tuesday
Neuse River Trail - Raleigh North Carolina
"In every walk with nature
one receives far more than he seeks."
- John Muir
The Neuse River Trail - Raleigh, North Carolina
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Monday
A Perfect Spring Day
"An altered look about the hills;
A Tyrian light the village fills;
A wider sunrise in the dawn;
A deeper twilight on the lawn;
A print of a vermilion foot;
A purple finger on the slope;
A flippant fly upon the pane;
A spider at his trade again;
A
n added strut in chanticleer;
A flower expected everywhere ..."
- Emily Dickinson, Nature: April
These tulips were calling to me -
at the Hahn Garden in Blacksburg, VA
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Sunday
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - Forest Visitor
“There is an undeniable exhilaration in moment of even the smallest discovery.”
― Graham Moore
From my walk along the Huckleberry Trail on 04-17-2021
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Male Cardinal - Spring Portrait
"Spring makes the world a happy place
You see a smile on every face.
Flowers come out and birds arrive,
Oh, isn’t it grand to be alive?"
- Author Unknown
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Friday
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