Red Bird in the Pines

". . . All that is required to feel that here and now is happiness 

is a simple, frugal heart." 

 — Nikos Kazantzakis

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Grackle In the Pines

To look at any thing, 

 If you would know that thing, 

 You must look at it long... 

 John Moffitt

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Tufted Titmouse In the Pines

Pleasure is spread through the earth In stray gifts to be claimed by whoever shall find. 

~William Wordsworth

Tufted Titmouse

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Tufted Titmouse Digital Painting

Sometimes the greatest thing to come out of all your hard work isn't what you get for it, but what you become for it. 

Steve Maraboli

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Profile in the Pines

Female Goldfinch

The responsibilities of life seem to rest lightly on the Goldfinch's sunny shoulders. 

Roger T. Peterson

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Bird Chatter Required

Male Cardinal in the Pines 

In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don't try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present. 
 ― Lao Tzu 

More Bird Chatter.... Less Mind Chatter

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Decorating the Tree

Keep your Christmas-heart open all the year round. 

 ~ Jessica Archmint

December Red

And as to me, I know nothing else but miracles.

 — Walt Whitman

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Sing The Song In Your Heart

It doesn't matter what you did or where you were...it matters where you are and what you're doing. Get out there! Sing the song in your heart and NEVER let anyone shut you up!!

~ Steve Maraboli

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

Invest in Goodness

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

~Henry David Thoreau

A perfect spot for a Pine Siskin ~ In the Pines.

A quote that has absolutely nothing to do with the pic - 
but EVERYTHING to do with each of us.

Carolina Wren Among the Pines

Carolina Wren - Blending In.
Trees are your best antiques. 

~ Alexander Smith

Give Yourself to Today

No yesterdays are ever wasted for those who give themselves to today. 

~ Brendan Francis Behan

Cedar Waxwing

The best things in life are not only free, 
but the line is shorter. 

~ Robert Brault