Pause, Reflect and Renew

 “Winter is a time to pause, reflect, and renew.” 

– Unknown

Blue Jay

 “Never regret anything that made you smile.” 

— Mark Twain

Full of Blessings

 "All that we behold is full of blessings." 

~ William Wordsworth

Yellow-shafted Northern Flicker

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Female Yellow-Shafted Northern Flicker

sits in a tree in my yard during our first snow of 2021

01-08-2021

 And off she goes!

"Amazement awaits us at every corner." 

 ~ James Broughton

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Blue Jay with Cold Feet

“How beautiful a day can be

when kindness touches it.”

― George Elliston

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Tufted Titmouse Snow Day

"He who marvels at the beauty of the world in summer will find equal cause for wonder and admiration in winter." 

~ John Burroughs

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Tufted Titmouse on Snowy Branches

"May you see the world with wonder. 

And may you imagine only good things." 

~ Charlene Costanzo

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House Finch With A Snow Cap

May you see the world with wonder. 

 And may you imagine only good things. 

~ Charlene Costanzo

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Wild Birds - Song Sparrow

"There is so little time. 

We need to make every moment count." 

― Shannon Delany

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House Finch in the Snow

“Do not despise your own place and hour. Every place is under the stars, every place is the center of the world.” 

 ― John Burroughs  

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Fat and Fluffy - Blue Jay in the Snow

“Forget the place you're trying to get to 

and see the beauty in right now...” 

 ― Evanescence

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Spellbound

Out of the bosom of the Air 

 Out of the cloud-folds of her garments shaken, 

 Over the woodlands brown and bare, 

 Over the harvest-fields forsaken, 

 Silent, and soft, and slow 

 Descends the snow.

-  Emily Jane Brontë

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To Chill A Mockingbird

Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up people’s gardens, don’t nest in corncribs, they don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird. 

 ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

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Mourning Dove in Winter

He who marvels at the beauty of the world in summer will find equal cause for wonder and admiration in winter." 

 ~ John Burroughs

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Just Another Blue

In order to see birds 

it is necessary to become 

a part of the silence.

 ― Robert Lynd

You can see the Watercolor version - HERE 

Snow Covered Dove

Never overlook the good in a bad situation. 

- Zig Ziglar

Snowy Days

Female Red-bellied Woodpecker in the snow

Set wide the window. Let me drink the day. 

 - Edith Wharton

To me....the BEST thing about snow - is trying to photograph the birds in it!

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Fun in the Snow

Juvie White-crowned Sparrow (I think) 

wondering what that white stuff is!

In December I got a new "Bridge" camera - similar to a point and shoot but it has a super Zoom Lens and takes video.  Below is one of my first videos shot with the camera (I'm still learning).  

I thought it was nice that yet again the birds are being sweet and sharing with each other!  And you can see that the snow was coming down at quite a clip!

Oh, and the camera is a Canon SX50HS

The shot above and the video below were both taken through the sliding glass door.

Snow Face

All the statistics in the world can't measure the warmth of a smile.

 ― Chris Hart

I hope this little guy made you smile today!  

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Tufted Titmouse As The Snow Falls

He who marvels at the beauty of the world in summer will find equal cause for wonder and admiration in winter.

~ John Burroughs