At the Duck Pond

 "Nature is not a place to visit, it is home." 

— Gary Snyder

Floating on Autumn - Male Mallard Duck

 "Radiate boundless love 

towards the entire world." 

- Buddha

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Pretty in Pink - Spring at the Duck Pond

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"A gush of bird song, a patter of dew A cloud and a rainbow's warning; Suddenly sunshine and perfect blue An April day in the morning!" 

- Harriet Prescott Spofford

Spring Blooms at the Duck Pond - Blacksburg Virginia

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"Never yet was a springtime, 

when the buds forgot to bloom." 

—Margaret Elizabeth Sangster  

Spring at the Duck Pond

Spring at the Virginia Tech Duck Pond

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See Winter at the Duck Pond - HERE 

Virginia Tech Duck Pond Gazebo in Winter

Where we love is home, 

Home that our feet may leave, 

but not our hearts. 

~ Oliver Wendell Holmes

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Autumn at the Duck Pond

“Notice that autumn is more 

the season of the soul than of nature.” 

- Friedrich Nietzsche

This Art Available - HERE 

Autumn Arrives At the Duck Pond

“Fall ......The time when everything bursts with its last beauty, as if nature had been saving up all year for the grand finale.” 

 ― Lauren DeStefano

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Eastern Kingbird

Life is a journey; let's enjoy it, seeing some exciting things, and having fun along the way.

 ― Ellen J. Barrier

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More info on the Eastern Kingbird - HERE 



 

Patches of Color

Everything that you can see in the world around you presents itself to your eyes only as an arrangement of patches of different colors. 

 ~ John Ruskin

 Virginia Tech Duck Pond - Blacksburg, Virginia

 

Mr. Mallard

In a world full of people who couldn't care less, be someone who couldn't care more.

~Author Unknown

Muscovy Duck - A Unique Beauty

Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.

~Confucius

Taking joy in living is a woman's best cosmetic.

~Rosalind Russell

  Virginia Tech Duck Pond - Blacksburg, Virginia

Mallard At the Duck Pond

Just let awareness have its way with you completely.

~ Scott Morrison

  Taken at the Virginia Tech Duck Pond. The Duck Pond is part of the Virginia Birding and Wildlife Trail. More info on the VBWT found - HERE

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Preening Mama Mallard

This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it.

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

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A Feisty Lady

The best protection any woman can have ... is courage.

- Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Reflecting

Only when the clamor of the outside world is silenced will you be able to hear the deeper vibration. Listen carefully. 
~ Sarah Ban Breathnach

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Happiness Is To Be Found Along the Way

Happiness is to be found along the way, not at the end of the road, for then the journey is over and it is too late. Today, this hour, this minute is the day, the hour, the minute for each of us to sense the fact that life is good, with all of its trials and troubles, and perhaps more interesting because of them.

- Robert R. Updegraff

Benches are one of my favorite subjects. To some, an empty bench looks lonely - but to me - an empty bench looks inviting - just the spot for a short rest along my journey, and the perfect place to stop and breathe deeply of nature.

Artsy Print - HERE 

Masked Bandit Elegance - Cedar Waxwing

Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, it's at the end of your arm, as you get older, remember you have another hand: The first is to help yourself, the second is to help others. 

 ~ Audrey Hepburn

I think of Cedar Waxwings as the masked bandits of the bird world. They also have a type of simple elegance to them ~ reminding me of Audrey Hepburn, who is one of my favorite actresses. She is also has wonderful quotes!

Red-bellied Woodpecker Hanging on to a Berry

As you sit on the hillside, or lie prone under the trees of the forest, or sprawl wet-legged by a mountain stream, the great door, that does not look like a door, opens. 

~ Stephen Graham, The Gentle Art of Tramping

Red Faced - Muscovy Duck

A Muscovy Duck at the pond.

Life is not always what one wants it to be, but to make the
best of it, as it is, is the only way of being happy.~Jennie Jerome Churchill