Summer Sips - Hummingbird Art

"If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden." 

 - Frances Hodgson Burnett

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Female Cardinal Takes Flight

"Spread love everywhere you go."

Mother Theresa

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When The Sun Goes Down

 “A sunset is the sun’s fiery kiss to the night.” 

― Crystal Woods

A Sunset along the Gulf Coast of Florida during our

May 2023 Vacation.

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Beautiful Beginnings - Virginia Bluebells

 "Spring unlocks the flowers 

to paint the laughing soil." 

- Bishop Reginald Heber

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Spring Song of the Red-winged Blackbird

 "All deep things are song. It seems somehow the very central essence of us, song; as if all the rest were but wrappages and hulls!" 

~Thomas Carlyle

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Jack's Creek Covered Bridge - Another Look

 "The perfect journey is never finished, the goal is always just across the next river, round the shoulder of the next mountain. There is always one more track to follow, one more mirage to explore." 

~ Rosita Forbes

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"The Jack's Creek Covered Bridge, also known as the Upper Covered Bridge, is a county-owned wooden covered bridge that spans the Smith River in Patrick County, Virginia, United States. It is located on Jack's Creek Road (SR 615) off State Route 8 just south of the community of Woolwine, about 11 miles (18 km) north of Stuart. Built in 1914 (some sources say 1916), the 48-foot (15 m) bridge is a queenpost truss construction over a single span. Its WGCB number is 46-68-02. The Jack's Creek Covered Bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 22, 1973. 

It is the only historic covered bridge remaining in Patrick County, 

maintained by the Patrick County government." 

 Source: Wikipedia

Sunrise Over Peak Creek - Pulaski Virginia

 "God's mercy is fresh and new every morning." 

- Joyce Meyer 

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"Pulaski is a town in Pulaski County, Virginia, United States. The population was 9,086 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Pulaski County. Pulaski was incorporated as a town in 1886. The town was named for Count Casimir Pulaski, 

a Revolutionary War hero from Poland" 

Source: Wikipedia

Historic Courthouse - Pulaski County Virginia

 “History is a cyclic poem written by time 

upon the memories of man.”

– Percy Bysshe Shelley 

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 "Pulaski County Courthouse is a historic courthouse located at Pulaski, Pulaski County, Virginia. It was built in 1895–1896, and is a 2 1/2-story, Romanesque / Queen Anne style roughcut limestone building. The front facade features a projecting central entrance tower. The building has a hipped roof, projecting corner towers, and a classically ornamented belfry covered by an elongated domical roof and capped by a lantern. It was designed by W. Chamberlain & Co. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. The current building was reconstructed after being heavily damaged in a fire in December 1989." 

Source: Wikipedia

Spirals In Nature

 “If you touch one thing with deep awareness, 

you touch everything.”

 ― Thich Nhat Hanh -

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I believe this to be a Jimson Weed blossom getting

ready to unfurl. 

Dainty Dragonfly

 "...when we choose to trust the journey 

and embrace love and joy, 

we are free to fly." 

— Annicken R. Day 

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Pretty Pollinator - Pipevine Swallowtail Butterfly

                                                             Smile awhile, 

And while you smile, 

Another smiles, 

And soon there's miles 

And miles of smiles, 

And life's worth while 

Because you smile. 

~Author unknown

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Midsummer Days

"The wood's green heart is a nest of dreams, 

The lush grass thickens and springs and sways, 

The rathe wheat rustles, the landscape gleams— 

Midsummer days! Midsummer days!" 

~William Ernest Henley

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Cardinal on a Branch

 "When you have a dream, you've got to grab it 

and never let go." 

- Carol Burnett

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Bluebird of Spring

 “To be kind to all, to like many and love a few, 

to be needed and wanted by those we love, 

is certainly the nearest we can come to happiness.” 

—Mary Stuart

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Hummingbird - Delight in the Garden

 "In one minute you can change your attitude and in that minute you can change your entire day." 

- Spencer Johnson

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Robin the Nest Builder

"Laughter is a sunbeam of the soul." 

 ― Thomas Mann

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Blue-winged Teal

 A LIFER for me - Seen on 04-23-22 at the

"new to me" pond/wetlands are

in Blacksburg, Virginia

More info about this duck - HERE

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Green Heron in Flight

“An early-morning walk is a blessing 

for the whole day” 

 – Henry David Thoreau

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I found a "new to me" wetlands area yesterday (Saturday 04-23-22) 

 I was so happy to see this Green Heron along with some other beauties that I will be posting later this week.

Red Bird in the Sun

 “For each new morning let there be flow of love. 

Let there be light of happiness in every direction.” 

– Amit Ray

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 This male cardinal was enjoying the sun on his face. 

Image captured on Easter Sunday, 04-17-22  

Blacksburg, Virginia along the Huckleberry Trail.

Grackle in the Lilacs

 "Be silly. Be honest. Be kind." 

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

My very first shot of the day - Easter Sunday 04-17-22

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