Old Friends

 "The best mirror is an old friend." 

— George Herbert

Female Cardinal and White-throated Sparrow 

Female Cardinal Snow Day

"He who marvels at the beauty of the world in summer will find equal cause for wonder and admiration in winter." 

~ John Burroughs

(from a prior winter - no measurable snow here yet this winter)

Female Cardinal Grabs a Berry

 “He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.” 

― Epictetus

A Different Perspective - Female Cardinal

 “The best portion of a good man's life: 

his little, nameless unremembered acts 

of kindness and love.”

 ― William Wordsworth

Female Cardinal Takes Flight

"Spread love everywhere you go."

Mother Theresa

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Female Cardinal with Ice on Her Feathers

“Write it on your heart that every day

is the best day of the year.”

– Ralph Waldo Emerson

Our weather event here in Blacksburg, VA yesterday was

an ice event, not a snow event (although it did start snowing a bit last night).

I chose this image to show you the

ice accumulating on the Female Cardinal's feathers.

The birds didn't seem to be bothered by it and eventually shook it off.

Winter Lady

“Kindness is free. Sprinkle it everywhere.”

– Unknown

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Bird World Beauty - Female Cardinal

Make the most of yourself, 

for that is all there is of you. 

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Female Cardinal seen during a visit to 

Bisset Park, Radford, Virginia

July 2020.

Bashful Beauty - Female Cardinal Behind the Branches

“Often in life those seemingly ordinary moments hold the most extraordinary meaning.” 

― Ken Poirot

Spring Cardinal

"Spring adds new life and new beauty to all that is."

- Jessica Harrelson

Female Cardinal in the 'almost' blooming pear tree.

Female Cardinal - Fun In the Snow

"All the statistics in the world can't measure the warmth of a smile." 

― Chris Hart

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Whispers in the Rain - Male and Female Cardinal

“If you listen quietly enough 

life will whisper its secrets to you” 

― Rasheed Ogunlaru

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Female Cardinal In The Dogwood - Wild Birds of Autumn

"Be true to yourself. Make each day your masterpiece. Help others. Drink deeply from good books. Make friendship a fine art. Build a shelter against a rainy day. Pray for guidance and give thanks for your blessings every day." 

~ John Wooden

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Pretty Lady Posing - Female Cardinal

"My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we'll change the world." 

~ Jack Layton

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Female Cardinal in the Maple Tree

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"Every moment possesses its 

own kind of magic." 

― Autumn Doughton

Wild Birds of Winter - Female Cardinal in the Snow

"...the poem of the world is uninterrupted, but few are the ears that hear it." 

― Henry David Thoreau

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Female Cardinal in the Berries

"In the garden of my life I'm done with anger, done with strife. 

 I cultivate my own few joys far from this culture's buzzing noise. 

 Colonnade and marketplace, fame's small change and money's race, 

 academe's cold haughty tower -- have no meaning, hold no power. 

 Letting go of shoulds and oughts, 

 I concentrate on greener thoughts 

 and find as I fulfill my soul that things spin calmly in control, 

 that though events conspire still, 

 they tend to bend towards my will. 

 No greater cause achieves the measure 

 than that of my own reasoned pleasure." 

 - Peter Saint-Andre, In the Garden

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Cardinal Art - Female Cardinal Sings

Music!—who loves it not? who has not felt his soul soothed and softened by its sweet influence? 

~F.B., "Notes of Music," 1848

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Wild Wonder of Winter

May you see the world with wonder. And may you imagine only good things. 

~ Charlene Costanzo

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A Quote About Christmas

"Let me not wrap, stack, box, bag, tie, tag, bundle, seal, keep Christmas. 

 Christmas kept is liable to mold. 

 Let me give Christmas away, unwrapped, by exuberant armfuls. 

Let me share, dance, live Christmas unpretentiously, merrily, 

responsibly with overflowing hands, tireless steps and sparkling eyes. 

 Christmas given away will stay fresh—even until it comes again."

- Linda Felver


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