Trees In The Valley

I have found a dream of beauty at which one might look all one's life and sigh. 

 ― Isabella L. Bird

Are you familiar with Isabella Bird?  What a lady!

Wikipedia tells me that:

Isabella Lucy Bird married name Bishop (1831 – 1904) was a nineteenth-century English explorer, writer, photographer  and naturalist.

There is a lot of info about her and her writings on the internet.
Very inspiring lady! What she accomplished after the age of 58 is absolutely amazing!  and in the 1800s no less!  WOW!


This image Available - HERE 

Fritillary Flies Over the Field

If you are a regular here - you know that I am ALWAYS trying to get "flight" shots.  

Butterflies, Birds, Bugs - just about anything with wings that I can capture with my camera.  This is Fritillary butterfly flying over a field of wildflowers - a Variegated Fritillary (I think) 

This totally shows what my summer is all about!

Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.

 ― Robert F. Kennedy

You can see a different version of this - HERE 

 

Summer Scenery

 Summer afternoon - summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language. 
 ~ Henry James

 A typical summer scene in our little country town.

The Investigation of Nature

The investigation of nature is an infinite pasture-ground where all may graze, and where the more bite, the longer the grass grows, the sweeter is its flavor, and the more it nourishes. 
~ Aldous Huxley

A Favorite Place

There comes . . . a longing never to travel again except on foot.
 ― Wendell Berry 

This is the scene along one of my favorite trails. I am VERY fortunate to have a LOT of nice walking trails where I live.