Among the Thorns - Goldfinch

 

"Life is precious, fragile, fleeting." 

- Jim Butcher

Carry Joy In Your Heart

 “If you carry joy in your heart, you can heal any moment.”

 —Carlos Santana

In Every Walk With Nature

 "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." 

 - John Muir

Male goldfinch harvesting seeds from the flowers.

Our walk today was along the Huckleberry trail but in the opposite direction of our normal Hethwood walk.  We started after church so it was quite hot.  

Our milage today -  1.6 miles.

Goldfinch Sings

 "The only thing better than singing 

is more singing!" 

- Ella Fitzgerald

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Sunshine in the Wildflowers - American Goldfinch

 “In summer, the song sings itself.” 

—William Carlos Williams

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End of Summer - Male Goldfinch

 

“Summer’s lease hath all too short a date.”

-William Shakespeare 

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Pretty on Pink - Male Goldfinch

 Male Goldfinch 

"The garden suggests there might be a place where we can meet nature halfway." 

—Michael Pollan

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Goldfinch on a Branch

 “Never lose a chance of saying a kind word.” 

— William Makepeace Thackeray 

 

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Goldfinch and Verse

    

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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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Goldfinch Peek A Boo in the Verbena

"Some people are so much sunshine 

to the square inch.” 

― Walt Whitman

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Male Goldfinch in the Verbena

"The goldfinch has many pretty ways. 

 He is one of our most amiable birds." 

 - John Burroughs

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Male Goldfinch Portrait

"Teach us delight in the simple things, And mirth that has no bitter springs; Forgiveness free of evil done, And love to all men beneath the sun."

- Rudyard Kipling

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Female Goldfinch in Autumn

“The truest greatness lies in being kind, 

the truest wisdom in a happy mind.” 

― Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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Summer Goldfinch in the Wildflowers

“Outside the open window 

The morning air is all awash with angels.” 

 ― Richard Wilbur

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Male Goldfinch in the Thistle

"Talk happiness. The world is sad enough" 

- Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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Female Goldfinch in the Flowers

"The greatest gift of the garden is the restoration of the five senses." 

 ~ Hanna Rion

Female American Goldfinch in the flowers

at the Hahn Horticulture Garden,

Blacksburg, Virginia 

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American Goldfinch - Thistle Bender

Dance. Smile. Giggle. Marvel. TRUST. HOPE. LOVE. WISH. BELIEVE. Most of all, enjoy every moment of the journey, and appreciate where you are at this moment instead of always focusing on how far you have to go.

 — Mandy Hale

Although not as brightly colored as her male counterpart, 

this Female American Goldfinch was looking quite

fetching in the thistle.

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Goldfinch Minimalism

It's not always that we need to do more but rather that we need to focus on less.

― Nathan W. Morris

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Such Pretty Ways

Female Goldfinch

The goldfinch has many pretty ways. 
He is one of our most amiable birds. 

- John Burroughs

"She is" in this case :) 

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