Pipevine Swallowtail Butterfly on Teasel

 "Everyone is looking, not many are seeing." 

~ Peter M. Leschak

An Autumn Walk

 “All walking is discovery. 

On foot we take the time to see things whole.”

- Hal Borland

Teasel seen on our walk today - a perfect November day. 

Tickling the Teasel - Swallowtail Butterfly

 “Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give.”

 —Eleanor Roosevelt

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Pipevine Swallowtail on Teasel

 "Learning how to be still, 

to really be still and let life happen—

that stillness becomes a radiance."

 — Morgan Freeman 

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Pre-Launch and Lift-off

Japanese Beetle  

on (and off) the Teasel.

Just some of the things I see when I'm out walking.

Heritage Park

Blacksburg, Virginia 

Teasel in Bloom Against the Sky

"Appreciate every little beautiful moment in every day of your life. Give it a try and you'll see the world from another perspective." 

― Thea Kristine May

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Autumn Teasel

"The best things in life are nearest: Breath in your nostrils, light in your eyes, flowers at your feet, duties at your hand, the path of right just before you. Then do not grasp at the stars, but do life's plain, common work as it comes, certain that daily duties and daily bread 

are the sweetest things in life." 

 - Robert Louis Stevenson

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Summer Yearning

The pure, the beautiful, the bright,
That stirred our hearts in youth,
The impulse to a wordless prayer,
The dreams of love and truth,
The longings after something lost,
The spirit's yearning cry,
The strivings after better hopes,
These things can never die.
~Sarah Doudney

The Miraculous in the Common

The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Song of Summer

In summer, the song sings itself. 
- William Carlos Williams