The World Needs Dreamers Who Do

 "The world needs dreamers and the world needs doers. But above all, the world needs dreamers who do." 

-Sarah Ban Breathnach

Grackle as the snow falls.

Winter Is the Time for Home

 "Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home." 

— Edith Sitwell

House Finch Pair

 “Take my hand, take my whole life too. 

For I can’t help falling in love with you.” 

– Elvis Presley

Male (left) Female (right) 

Praying Mantis Egg Case

 "It is through living that we discover ourselves, at the same time as we discover the world around us."

 ― Henri Cartier-Bresson

From my research - I believe this to be a praying mantis egg case.

Male House Finch

 "Manifest plainness, Embrace simplicity, 

Reduce selfishness, Have few desires." 

~ Lao Tzu

Up Close with a Thistle

 "My life is a brief, brief thing, I am here for a little space. 

And while I stay I would like, if I may, 

To brighten and better the place." 

— Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Yellow Tulip

 "Do good, 

live in the most positive and joyful way possible every day." 

— Roy T. Bennett

How Right It Is To Love Flowers

 

"How right it is to love flowers and the greenery of pines and ivy and hawthorn hedges; they have been with us from the very beginning." 

― Vincent van Gogh

A Fragile Dewdrop

"Life is but a day: A fragile dewdrop on its perilious way 

From a trees summit" 

~ John Keats

Monarch Butterfly

 "If you have a mind at peace, and a heart that cannot harden, Go find a door that opens wide upon a lovely garden." 

- Unknown

Among the Thorns - Goldfinch

 

"Life is precious, fragile, fleeting." 

- Jim Butcher

Yellow Rose

 “To err on the side of kindness is seldom an error.” 

—Liz Armbruster

Mockingbird

 "Presence is the gift of life." 

- Stephen Levine

Breathe In the World

 "Take a step, breathe in the world, 

give it out again in story, poem, song, art." 

~ Jane Yolen

Strange and Beautiful

 

“Life’s stranger and more beautiful than I ever thought possible.”

― William Kent Krueger

Widow Skimmer Dragonfly 

In The Shadows

 "Hope is not a prediction of the future; 

it's a declaration of what's possible." 

- Yogi Bhajan

White-crowned Sparrow 

Tufted Titmouse Takes Off with a Peanut

 "Wherever life takes us, there are always moments of wonder." 

~ Jimmy Carter 

Delicate Awareness

 "Art is a form of supremely delicate awareness..." 

- D. H. Lawrence

When the Spirit of Nature Touches Us

 “When the spirit of nature touches us, our hearts turn into a butterfly!” 

 — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Macro Photography - Droplets

 I've been working with some of my older pictures

This is a macro of a droplet from several years ago.

“I reach and have reached the timeless moment, the pure suspension within time, only through love.” 

― May Sarton

Hidden

 "....the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places." 

~ Roald Dahl

Painted Lady Butterfly 

The Ways of Nature

 “In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect. Trees can be contorted, bent in weird ways, and they’re still beautiful.” 

— Alice Walker

Nature's Beauty Is a Gift

 "Nature’s beauty is a gift that cultivates appreciation and gratitude." 

—Louie Schwartzberg

Dracunculus Vulgaris - A Really Cool Plant

 "Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it." 

~ Confucius

As I was looking through some older images I had captured, I found this that was

taken at our local Horticulture Garden. 

Festive Berries with Droplets

 “If I must start somewhere, right here and now 

is the best place imaginable.” 

 ― Richelle E. Goodrich

Pipevine Swallowtail Butterfly on Teasel

 "Everyone is looking, not many are seeing." 

~ Peter M. Leschak

Shower the World with Love and Gratitude

 “Thanksgiving is a joyous invitation to shower the world with love and gratitude.” 

― Amy Leigh Mercree

Carolina Wren

 “Give thanks as if you are living just to appreciate life. Live as if your life depends on love, kindness, gratitude, and thanksgiving.” 

- Debasish Mridha

Red Hot Poker

 "Happiness shared is happiness doubled." 

― Swedish Proverb

Paperbush

 "Miracles come in moments. Be ready and willing." 

- Wayne Dyer

Northern Flicker

 "Don't waste yourself in rejection, nor bark against the bad, 

but chant the beauty of the good." 

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Breakfast of Champions

 I guess we know what this robin is having for breakfast.

Extraordinary Things

 "Extraordinary things are always hiding 

in places people never think to look." 

– Jodi Picoult

Red-Bellied Woodpecker

 "If you see someone without a smile give them one of yours."

 — Unknown

Damselfly in Black and White

 "Seeing...means using your senses, your intellect, and your emotions. It means encountering your subject matter with your whole being...and discovering the remarkable world around you." 

F.  Patterson

Blessings of Nature

 Hear blessings dropping their blossoms around you. 

― Rumi

Snowy Egret

 "If a window of opportunity appears, don't pull down the shade."

~ Tom Peters 

 From our visit to Clearwater Beach, Florida - Thanksgiving 2023.

Light in the Darkness

 “You will enrich your life immeasurably if you approach it with a sense of wonder and discovery, 

and always challenge yourself to try new things.” 

—Nate Berkus

Print Available - HERE 

Calico Creek Boardwalk

 "Each time you step off your path and give someone an act of kindness...then your road to Happiness just got a little smoother".

~ Donna A. Favors

Calico Creek Boardwalk - Morehead City, North Carolina

from a visit a few years ago. 

Tufted Titmouse Autumn Flight

 "Respond to every call that excites your spirit."

  — Rumi

Searching Among the Branches

 “Maybe you are searching among the branches, 

for what only appears in the roots.” 

― Rumi

Little Angels of Nature

 “Butterflies are nature’s angels. 

They remind us what a gift it is to be alive.” 

— Robyn Nola

Change is a Measure of Time

     "Change is a measure of time and, in the autumn, 

time seems speeded up. 

What was is not and never again will be; what is is change." 

- Edwin Teale

Yellow-bellied Slider

 “It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” 

– Confucius

Autumn Endings

 “The beauty of autumn is that it reminds us that even the most beautiful things have to end, and it’s okay.” 

- Unknown

Monarch Butterfly Blessings

 “You never know where a blessing can come from.”

 – Teena Marie

Prints, Mugs and More are available - HERE 

Red-spotted Purple Butterfly

 “Every small, unselfish action nudges the world into a better path. An accumulation of small acts can change the world.” 

― Robin Hobb

Little Gifts From The Sky

 “Autumn leaves are like little gifts falling from the sky, 

making everything look magical.” 

– Unknown

Dragonfly Friends

 "Friendship is the golden thread that ties the heart of all the world." 

– John Evelyn