Coralberry Also Known As Indian Currant

 “There is no end to education.... The whole of life, from the moment you are born to the moment you die, is a process of learning.” 

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

I've been using Google Lens to help me identify some of the plants I've been finding along my walks.  This one is called Coralberry also known as Indian Currant.  

Seen along the Huckleberry Trail - Plantation Road side on 11/02/24 

Miracles of Life and Growth

 “I feel a great regard for trees; 

 they represent age and beauty 

 and the miracles of life and growth.” 

 ― Louise Dickinson Rich

Print Available - HERE 

Everything You Look At Can Become A Fairy Tale

"Everything you look at can become a fairy tale and you can get a story from everything you touch."

 ~ Hans Christian Andersen

A Tree along the Huckleberry Trail during one of 

our walks.

Along the Huckleberry Trail - Railroad Tracks

 Somehow difficulties are easier to endure 

when you know your dream is waiting for you 

at the end. 

~ Lisa Mangum 

 Railroad Tracks along the Huckleberry Trail 

Christiansburg, Virginia

Jim and I have been walking a lot more lately. 

The weather has been fabulous and the views have been too.

Print available - HERE 

Adventures Are Just Around The Corner

 “Always there has been an adventure just around the corner…and the world is still full of corners.”

 ― Roy Chapman Andrews

The Huckleberry Trail in Blacksburg, Virginia

(Glade Road Side)

Ruby-crowned Kinglet - Forest Visitor

 “There is an undeniable exhilaration in moment of even the smallest discovery.” 

 ― Graham Moore

From my walk along the Huckleberry Trail on 04-17-2021

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Male Cardinal - Spring Portrait

"Spring makes the world a happy place 

You see a smile on every face. 

Flowers come out and birds arrive, 

Oh, isn’t it grand to be alive?" 

- Author Unknown

Print Available - HERE 

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly in the Ironweed

“True beauty is a ray That springs from the sacred depths of the soul, and illuminates the body, just as life springs from the kernel of a stone and gives colour and scent to a flower.” 

― Khalil Gibran

Prints Available - HERE 

Viceroy Butterfly and Friend

“Worrying does not accomplish anything. Even if you worry twenty times more, it will not change the situation of the world. In fact, your anxiety will only make things worse. Even though things are not as we would like, we can still be content, knowing we are trying our best and will continue to do so." 

- Thich Nhat Hanh

More Butterflies - HERE 

Boardwalk Along the Huckleberry Trail - Blacksburg Virginia

“Wherever we go in the mountains, 

or indeed in any of God's wild fields, 

we find more than we seek.” 

 ― John Muir 

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A Magical Place along the Huckleberry Trail
in Blacksburg, Virginia.

Jim had actually discovered it on one of his bike rides and told me about it. It is near one of my walking trails, but on the other side of the road. It is part of the new portion of the Huckleberry Trail that links the trail to Glade Road and crosses a wetland area.

Many more visits are in my future!

View Along the Huckleberry Trail

View from Bridge along the Huckleberry Trail 
More info on this Trail found - HERE 

 When people first discover beauty, they tend to linger. Even if they don’t at first recognize it for what it is.

~ Sherwood Smith

Wildflowers Make Me Happy

Everything holds its breath except spring. She bursts through as strong as ever.

~ B.M. Bower 

    

Butterfly of Blue ~ Leaves of Green

  Expectant of greater things,
We try climbing -
Higher
And Higher;
An effort that costs us much,
Leaving us short of breath
To find only
The ground below is much prettier. 
~Phillip Pulfrey

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Content with Silence

When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence. 
~ Ansel Adams

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Elusive Moments

 The more we try to catch hold of the present moment the more elusive it becomes. It is like trying to clutch water in ones hands. The harder we grip, the more it slips through our fingers.

~ Alan Watts

One of the most elusive birds I have encountered - a Brown Creeper.  They flit here and there - never in one spot very long - AND - they blend in with the trees.   
They have GREAT Camo! 

Don't Forget The Flowers

 Stretching his hand up to reach the stars, too often man forgets the flowers at his feet. 

 ― Jeremy Bentham

Along the Huckleberry Trail

Each day as a set out on my walks I ask myself "what amazing thing will I find today?" It may be at the beginning of each walk, in the middle or at the end, but I do find something amazing each time. On this day it was this Eastern Towhee. I heard him WAY before I saw him and slowly approached. He sat there and "called" for several minutes ~ I think there might have been a Mrs. Towhee near by. Sometimes all we have to do is slow down or stop .... and listen to the world around us ~ Amazing things WILL happen.

More of my Eastern Towhee Images - HERE 

Mourning Cloak Butterfly

 To me, every hour of the day and night is an unspeakably perfect miracle. 
~ Walt Whitman

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Path Along the Huckleberry Trail

"If we all tried to make other people's paths easy,

our own feet would have a 

smooth even place to walk on."
~Myrtle Reed

"You provide a broad path for my feet, 

so that my ankles do not give way." 

Psalm 18:36 NIV

Infinite Potential

Every moment has infinite potential.

~ John C. Parkin