Mourning Dove Gathering Twigs

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"Gentle Spring's around the corner, 

 Waiting just to show her face 

 And to bring us flowers and sunshine; 

 Winter's almost run his race! 

 Be not, then, my friends, discouraged 

 That there's cold and ice and sleet; 

 For Springtime soon will be with us,

 And the flowers we will greet:

 Daffodils, so bright and yellow, 

 Hyacinths of varied hues, 

 As they nod their heads, in gladness, 

 Telling us they bring good news..." 

 ~ Gertrude Tooley Buckingham

Mourning Dove Portrait

Listen with ears of tolerance! 

 See through the eyes of compassion! 

 Speak with the language of love. 

 ― Rumi

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Nest Building Mourning Dove

"Gentle Spring's around the corner, 

Waiting just to show her face 

And to bring us flowers and sunshine; 

Winter's almost run his race! 

Be not, then, my friends, discouraged 

That there's cold and ice and sleet; 

For Springtime soon will be with us, 

And the flowers we will greet: 

Daffodils, so bright and yellow, 

Hyacinths of varied hues, 

As they nod their heads, in gladness, 

Telling us they bring good news..." 

~ Gertrude Tooley Buckingham

Mourning Dove gathering twigs for the nest 

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The Guest

Mourning Dove in the Snow 

 "The happiest chap I ever met,

 The freest of all dark regret,

 Was one who deemed his days to be

 A gift of hospitality

 With God his Host; and as His guest

 Viewed everything with interest.

 And like a grateful visitor

 Who wished to even up the score,

 Did all he could both day and night

 To give his fellow-guests delight."

The Guest By JOHN KENDRICK BANGS

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Mourning Dove

“I hold it true that thoughts are things 

Endowed with bodies, breath, and wings, 

And that we send them forth to fill 

The world with good results - or ill. 

 That which we call our secret thought 

Speeds to the earth's remotest spot, 

And leaves its blessings or its woes 

Like tracks behind it as it goes. 

 It is God's law. Remember it 

In your still chamber as you sit 

With thoughts you would not dare have known, 

And yet made comrades when alone. 

 These thoughts have life; and they will fly 

And leave their impress by-and-by, 

Like some marsh breeze, whose poisoned breath 

Breathes into homes its fevered breath. 

 And after you have quite forgot 

Or all outgrown some vanished thought, 

Back to your mind to make its home, 

A dove or raven, it will come. 

 Then let your secret thoughts be fair; 

They have a vital part and share 

In shaping worlds and moulding fate -- 

God's system is so intricate.” 

 ― Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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Mourning Dove and Reflection

"I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude." 

- Henry David Thoreau, Walden

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Mourning Dove and Daffodils

Every gardener knows that under the cloak of winter lies a miracle ... a seed waiting to sprout, a bulb opening to the light, a bud straining to unfurl. And the anticipation nurtures our dream."

- Barbara Winkler

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Mourning Dove in Winter

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

 ~ John Burroughs

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Dove Love Art

“Happiness is holding someone in your arms and knowing you hold the whole world.” 

 ― Orhan Pamuk

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Birds In the Rain

Tufted Titmouse 

  The best thing one can do when it’s raining is to let it rain. 

~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Mourning Dove

The sound of the rain needs no translation. 

~ Alan Watts

Mockingbird - 

who doesn't look to happy about the rain! 

A rainy day is the perfect time for a walk in the woods. 

~ Rachel Carson

Keep Calm And ....

Keep Calm 

and

Share Some Love

Mourning Doves preening - 

they are such affectionate birds :) 

Artsy Version - HERE 

Planting Friendship

Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom. 

– Marcel Proust

I have some old flowers pots that I use as bird feeders in the winter - the Mourning Doves were in this one together.

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Snow Birds Galore

Song Sparrow

         White-throated Sparrow                              Male Northern Cardinal         Carolina Wren

Mourning Dove

Snow was falling, so much like stars 

filling the dark trees 

that one could easily imagine

 its reason for being 

was nothing more than prettiness.

 ― Mary Oliver

More of my Birds in the Snow - HERE 

Snow Covered Dove

Never overlook the good in a bad situation. 

- Zig Ziglar

Discovering New Regions

A traveller I am, and a navigator, and everyday I discover a new region within my soul.

 - Kahlil Gibran

Mourning Dove with snowflakes on her feathers

Hunkered Down

Mourning Dove thru the glass door

Listen with ears of tolerance! 

See through the eyes of compassion! 

Speak with the language of love

 ― Rumi

Love Me Tender

  
Mourning Doves  

Love me tender, 

love me sweet, 

never let me go. 

You have made my life complete, 

and I love you so.

~ Ken Darby

More info about the song - HERE 

This post dedicated to my Sweet Hubby!  

A Version of this Image Available 
on my Fine Art site - HERE 

Mourning Dove in the Snow

...sometimes we enter art to hide within it. It is where we can go to save ourselves, where a third-person voice protects us.

~ Michael Ondaatje

Mourning Dove sitting on a tree branch in my front yard as the snow fell 

Mourning Dove Getting Soaked

Being soaked alone is cold. Being soaked with your best friend is an adventure.

 ~Emily Wing Smith

Mourning Dove - Spring Blossoms

 Mourning Dove

Never yet was a springtime, when the buds forgot to bloom.

— Margaret Elizabeth Sangster

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Listen to their "Coo" - HERE