The Tulip Tree - Also Known As The Tulip Poplar

“A daily dose of daydreaming heals the heart, soothes the soul, and strengthens the imagination.” 

― Richelle E. Goodrich

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For The Love Of Lilacs

"The naked earth is warm with Spring, 

 And with green grass and bursting trees 

 Leans to the sun's kiss glorying, 

 And quivers in the sunny breeze." 

 - Julian Grenfell

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Grackle in the Blossoms

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"The spring is fresh and fearless 
And every leaf is new, 
The world is brimmed with moonlight, 
The lilac brimmed with dew. 

Here in the moving shadows 
I catch my breath and sing -- 
My heart is fresh and fearless 
And over-brimmed with spring."

- Sara Teasdale

Magnolia Blossoms

"See the land, her Easter keeping, 

Rises as her Maker rose. 

Seeds, so long in darkness sleeping, 

Burst at last from winter snows. 

Earth with heaven above rejoices..." 

~ Charles Kingsley

Happy Easter 

The Art of Contentment

Being content with what you have already is an art form that leads to a peace that can’t be replaced by anything else.

 ~ Elizabeth Gilbert 

~ Rain droplet from our Rhododendron bush ~ 

A Version of this image available - HERE

and it makes a Beautiful Pillow as well

Heart of Blooming Quince

What a lovely place this world would be if only people would feel affection for everyone else, and all the ugliness of the human heart were to vanish - our envy of those better off than ourselves and our scorn for those worse off. 

~ Sayo Masuda

  WE can change things.

WE can love more.

WE can show more kindness

When I saw it I immediately thought it was shaped like a heart.

Do you see it? 

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Here 

Renewal

spring......the season of renewal when the earth sheds its winter cloak, flowers bloom, and the heart feels as though everything is once again imaginable.

~ Galen Watson 

this is a lilac bloom  

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Listen and You Will Hear Them

"Hear blessings dropping 
their blossoms around you."
- Rumi

Bee Fly on a Blossom

 Spring is nature's way of saying, ‘Let's party'!

-Robin Williams

This is a bee fly drinking from a blossom (not sure what kind of blossom).  When I first saw this little bee fly I thought it was a baby hummingbird moth.  It is actually a bee mimic

More info on the bee fly - HERE  

Wildflowers Make Me Happy

Everything holds its breath except spring. She bursts through as strong as ever.

~ B.M. Bower 

    

Start Blooming!

You don't have to be like anyone else. 
You just need to learn more about your own creative self 

and start blooming. 

~ Deborah Day

Embrace your creativity!  


Slightly different version available - HERE

and it also makes a beautiful TOTE!

Bee - Focused on the Flower

Do whatever you do intensely.

~ Robert Henri

Dogwood in the Sun

~ Garden with your heart and 
cultivate compassion ~

Let Yourself Bloom

Never be afraid to
let yourself bloom.

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Spring Beauty

Treasure in the Trees

Normal day, let me be aware of the treasure you are. Let me learn from you, love you, bless you before you depart. Let me not pass you by in quest of some rare and perfect tomorrow. Let me hold you while I may, for it may not always be so. One day I shall dig my nails into the earth, or bury my face in the pillow, or stretch myself taut, or raise my hands to the sky and want, more than all the world, your return. ~Mary Jean Iron

Time Well Spent

Spring forever appears 
 the soothing music part of lyrics unspoken. 
It thaws the frozen fears, 
 mends the wounded heart that 
Winter has broken. 
~Aarno Davidson 

I may be biased, but Blacksburg, Virginia is an absolutely beautiful area.  Winter, Spring, Summer, or Fall - there are always trails/greenways/parks to visit that allow for great photo ops.
  It wasn't until I was 39ish that my love for nature developed.  Now it seems that every chance I get, I want to be outside.  And it is ALWAYS - Time Well Spent.

Bird and Blossoms

 Manifest plainness, Embrace simplicity, Reduce selfishness, Have few desires.

~ Lao Tzu

Tufted Titmouse in the Spring Blossoms

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Sweet Simple Things

(House finch in Callery pear tree.)

I am beginning to learn that it is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all.
~ Laura Ingalls Wilder

Hope you all are able to slow down and enjoy the simple things in life. 

Garden of Delight

If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden.

- Frances Hodgson Burnett