Tuesday

Thistle Visitor - Black Swallowtail Butterfly


 “Imagine what our real neighborhoods would be like if each of us offered, as a matter of course, just one kind word to another person.” 
— Mr. Rogers


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New Every Morning - Blue Ridge Parkway Sunrise

 
"The Lord's unfailing love and mercy still continue 
Fresh as the morning, as sure as the sunrise." 
Lamentations 3:22-23 (GNT)




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Sunday

Flying to Purple


 “If I fret over tomorrow, 
I'll have little joy today.” 
― Lloyd Alexander


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Saturday

At the Pond - Eastern Kingbird


 “Be the celebrators, celebrate! .....the flowers have bloomed, the birds are singing, the sun is there in the sky—celebrate it! You are breathing and you are alive and you have consciousness, celebrate it!” 
 ― Osho



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Wednesday

Fairytale Morning


 “And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. 
Those who don't believe in magic will never find it.” 
― Roald Dahl



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Saturday

Blue-winged Teal Couple


 "No road is long with good company." 
~ Turkish Proverb

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The duck showing his blue wing - HERE 

Praying Mantis in the Flowers


 “How beautiful a day can be, 
when kindness touches it!” 
—George Elliston



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Friday

Thursday

Jewelweed Embrace


 Instead of bracing yourself for the perils of the unknown, embrace the joy that is here, in your present moment. 
- Michelle Cruz-Rosado

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Saturday

Similar But Different - Iris in the Garden


 “Happiness held is the seed; 
 Happiness shared is the flower.”
 – John Harrigan

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Wednesday

Resting on a Water Lily - Dragonfly


“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

Summer Hay


 “Take as a gift whatever the day brings forth.” 
 - Horace

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Thursday

Red White and Blue in the Garden


                                        God Bless America - by Irving Berlin 

While the storm clouds gather far across the sea, 
 Let us swear allegiance to a land that's free. 
 Let us all be grateful for a land so fair, 
 As we raise our voices in a solemn prayer. 

 God bless America, land that I love 
 Stand beside her and guide her 
 Through the night with the light from above 
 
From the mountains to the prairies 
 To the oceans white with foam 
 God bless America, my home sweet home 
 God bless America, my home sweet home.


Wednesday

Resting Sunshine


 “Outside the open window 
 The morning air is all awash with angels.” 
 ― Richard Wilbur

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Summer Salutations - Pink Coneflower


 “I was rich, if not in money, in sunny hours and summer days.” 
— Henry David Thoreau


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Great Blue Heron Beak Close-up


 “See the light in others, 
and treat them as if that is all you see.” 
– Dr. Wayne Dyer


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Tuesday

Claytor Lake Morning


 "Every day a million miracles begin at sunrise!"
  ~ Eric Jerome Dickey

Sunrise at Claytor Lake during our June 2024 vacation with family.
 It was a wonderful week! 


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