I've Struck Gold

 “The goldenrod is yellow,

The corn is turning brown...

The trees in apple orchards

With fruit are bending down.”

― Helen Hunt Jackson

Monarch Butterfly On the Goldenrod

We are stardust, 
we are golden and we've got to 
get ourselves back to the garden.

 — Joni Mitchell

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On The Goldenrod

How lovely to think that no one need wait a moment. We can start now, start slowly, changing the world. How lovely that everyone, great and small, can make a contribution toward introducing justice straightaway. And you can always, always give something, even if it is only kindness!

—Anne Frank

The Soul Always Knows

The soul always knows what to do to heal itself. 

 The challenge is to silence the mind.

 ~ Caroline Myss 

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As It Comes

~ Common Buckeye Butterfly drinks from the Goldenrod ~


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Hiding In the Goldenrod

Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place.

~Zora Neale Hurston

I think this is a type of crab spider - however - I have no idea what type.

I found this info on Wikipedia about crab spiders. I LOVE Wikipedia!

This guy was itsy-bitsy. I used my 105mm Macro Lens for this shot (seen in my sidebar under favorites).

For More Macro Monday Shots - Visit Lisa's Chaos - HERE

Fly Away Home

We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have. 
~ Frederick Keonig

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These Are A Few Of My Favorite Things....

~ The sweet sound of the birds singing ~ Savoring that first cup of coffee ~ Sun and Sand ~ Mountains and Streams ~ Finding a bug, taking a Macro shot and discovering how really pretty they are up close ~ Life Birds ~ Long Walks ~ Nature ~ Finding a quote that touches my heart ~ Fog ~ Misty Mornings ~

What are some of your favorites?

Golden Light

Sunshine is my quest. 

 ~Winston Churchill

The sun's rays shine on Winter's Goldenrod

Snow Caps and Curly Qs - aka Goldenrod

Goldenrod gone to seed. Doesn't it look like a "snow cap"?

I also noticed they they have these neat little curly q's on

the stem.