Old Friends

 "The best mirror is an old friend." 

— George Herbert

Female Cardinal and White-throated Sparrow 

White-throated Sparrow

 "It's your outlook on life that counts. If you take yourself lightly and don't take yourself too seriously, pretty soon you can find the humor in our everyday lives. And sometimes it can be a lifesaver." 

– Betty White

Live in Each Season As It Passes

 "Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influence of the earth."

― Thoreau

White-throated Sparrow 

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Birds of Autumn - White-throated Sparrow

"He who thanks but with the lips

Thanks but in part;

The full, the true Thanksgiving

Comes from the heart."

~ J.A. Shedd

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White-throated Sparrow Surrounded by Autumn

"Each day is a different one, each day brings a miracle of it's own. It's just a matter of paying attention to this miracle." 

~ Paulo Coelho

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Wild Birds of Winter - White-throated Sparrow

"Never let a problem to be solved become more important than the person to be loved." 

 ~ Barbara Johnson

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White-throated Sparrow Surrounded by Spring

“I surround myself with love 

by loving everything around me.” 

 ― Laurie Gray

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Inside The Burning Bush

White-throated Sparrow in the "Burning Bush"

"In the garden of my life 

I'm done with anger, done with strife. 

 I cultivate my own few joys

 far from this culture's buzzing noise. 

 Colonnade and marketplace, 

fame's small change and money's race, 

academe's cold haughty tower -- 

have no meaning, hold no power. 

 Letting go of shoulds and oughts, 

I concentrate on greener thoughts 

and find as I fulfill my soul 

that things spin calmly in control, 

that though events conspire still, 

they tend to bend towards my will. 

No greater cause achieves the measure 

than that of my own reasoned pleasure." 

- Peter Saint-Andre, In the Garden

White-throated Sparrow

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"When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.”

 ― Paulo Coelho

White-throated Sparrow - Watercolor Art

Colors speak all languages. 

- Joseph Addison

This art created from my original photograph

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Songbirds - White-throated Sparrow

 This Art created from my original photograph with a textured background.

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White-throated Sparrow - Digital Watercolor Art

Be brave enough to live creatively. 

 - Alan Alda

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White-throated Sparrow

We're so busy watching out for what's just ahead of us that we don't take time to enjoy where we are. 

 — Bill Watterson

Enjoy where you are! 

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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

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Where The Joy Is

Live. Right this minute. 

That's where the joy is at.

~ Abigail Thomas

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Sparrow In the Snow

Gentleness towards self and others makes life a little lighter.

~ Deborah Day

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Sparrow in the snow

I know your feet are very cold

Little boots required

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Enchanted

Let yourself be enchanted in small ways.

~ Guy Kawasaki

White-throated sparrow - sheltered from a snowstorm 

White-throated Sparrow

What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.

~ Ralph Marston

White-throated Sparrow Surrounded By Berries

He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, 
but rejoices for those which he has.

~ Epictetus

More Sparrows Found HERE 

I Am Rich with Autumn's Gold

I am rich today with autumn's gold,

All that my covetous hands can hold;

Frost-painted leaves and goldenrod,

A goldfinch on a milkweed pod,

Huge golden pumpkins in the field

With heaps of corn from a bounteous yield,

Golden apples heavy on the trees

Rivaling those of Hesperides,

Golden rays of balmy sunshine spread

Over all like butter on warm bread;

And the harvest moon will this night unfold

The streams running full of molten gold.

Oh, who could find a dearth of bliss

With autumn glory such as this!

- Gladys Harp