Finding Joy

 Joy is found in the simple and ordinary things of life: the smile of a newborn baby, the kiss from a sweet new puppy, and the warm sunshine on a spring day.

~  Marie Cornelio

And I would add to that - Joy is found in the Birds!

My Soul Stands Ajar

The soul should always stand ajar, ready to welcome the ecstatic experience. 

~ Emily Dickinson

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Sometimes I get really lucky

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The Very Stuff That Discovery Is Made Of

Does anyone see the "partial" heart in the tree bark?

Actually - as I look at this even more - I see TWO partial hearts :) 

What seems mundane and trivial is the very stuff that discovery is made of. The only difference is our perspective, our readiness to put the pieces together in an entirely different way and to see patterns where only shadows appeared just a moment before.

  ~ Edward B. Lindaman

Simply Blue

Blue Jay poses outside on my deck (taken thru the sliding glass door)

...life is simply a collection of little lives, each lived one day at a time. That each day should be spent finding beauty in flowers and poetry and talking to animals. That a day spent with dreaming and sunsets and refreshing breezes cannot be bettered.

~ Nicholas Sparks

Turning Over a New Leaf

The chief beauty about time is that you cannot waste it in advance. The next year, the next day, the next hour are lying ready for you, as perfect, as unspoiled, as if you had never wasted or misapplied a single moment in all your life. You can turn over a new leaf every hour if you choose.

 ― Arnold Bennett

A Glorious Autumnal Day

 Sun and Clouds

Clouds and Sun

 No Moment Wasted

 Deliciously Spent

Drinking In the Beauty

  Deerfield Trail - Blacksburg Virginia

Iphone image - edited with Snapseed and Instragram Filter 

The Leaf Love Continues

Even in the familiar there can be surprise and wonder.  

~ Tierney Gearon

Available - HERE 

Tree Branch Full of Gold

Autumn carries more gold in its pocket than all the other seasons.

 ― Jim Bishop

More Autumn Images - HERE