Lovely Feathers

White-breasted Nuthatch

Exuberance is Beauty.

- William Blake

American Goldfinch Flies Between The Thistle

Female American Goldfinch takes flight

A closer crop of the same pic - those wings just make my heart flutter every time :)

Each moment of the year has its own beauty... a picture which was never seen before and which shall never be seen again.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Print Available:  HERE

On This We Should Dwell

Dwell on the beauty of life. 

- Marcus Aurelius

Take A Look Inside

Take a look inside....that's where the beauty is.

Since love grows within you, so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the soul. 

- Saint Augustine


Available - HERE 

Skipper on the Chicory

Peace is always beautiful.

~ Walt Whitman

Silently Gazing

 It is beautiful to talk about beautiful things and even more beautiful to silently gaze at them.

~ Dejan Stojanovic

Viper's Bugloss: Blueweed

There is so much beauty in the world, but you must allow yourself to see it.

― Tom Giaquinto

My trusty Field Guide to Wildflowers tells me this flowers from June to October.

This image was taken in June.  This is a Tall plant and grows from 1 to 2 1/2 feet tall. 

Zebra Swallowtail

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. 

~ Eleanor Roosevelt

More info from Wikipedia on the Zebra Swallowtail Butterfly HERE 

With The Eyes of Love

Beauty is simply reality seen with the eyes of love.  

~ Rabindranath Tagore  

Tufted Titmouse - Bisset Park, Radford, Virginia

  Available for purchase on my Fine Art Site - HERE 

Beauty in the Beholder's Eye

I never saw an ugly thing in my life: for let the form of an object be what it may, -- light, shade, and perspective will always make it beautiful. 

~ John Constable

Turkey Vulture -  Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge 

His face may not be a raving beauty but those feathers ......oh, those feathers.... are amazing!

And to be so close as to hear the "WHOOSH" as they flap their wings - truly an awesome experience.

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

Delicate Pink

Never say there is nothing beautiful in the world anymore. There is always something to make you wonder in the shape of a tree, the trembling of a leaf.

~Albert Schweitzer

My Sweet Mama

Life began with waking up and loving my mother's face. 
~George Eliot

My sweet Mama. Not only is she beautiful on the outside - but most importantly - she is beautiful on the inside. 
(08-06-11 with my Iphone)

Butterfly On Milkweed

Everything changes, but beauty remains.

― Kelly Clarkson

Flowers Never Worry

Flowers don't worry about how they're going to bloom. They just open up and turn toward the light and that makes them beautiful.

~ Jim Carrey

Butterfly Shadows

 We delight in the beauty of the butterfly,

but rarely admit the changes

it has gone through to achieve that beauty.

~Maya Angelou

I love the shadow the butterfly casts upon the flower.

If you look closely, you can even see the antennae shadow. 

Mallards in Flight

There is beauty in all we know and beauty in all we don't know. Our journey is to love it all.

Thomas Warfield