Great Blue Heron Wades The Neuse River

 "Smile your best smile at everyone you see. Think about all the things you have to be thankful for... and smile. The world will smile with you." 

 - Frank Bettger

Great Blue Heron along the Neuse River 

in Raleigh, North Carolina

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Great Blue Heron at Claytor Lake State Park

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"Learn to be quiet enough to hear the genuine within yourself 

so that you can hear it in others." 

- Marian Wright Edelman

Great Blue Heron Close Up

“Laughter is wine for the soul - laughter soft, or loud and deep, tinged through with seriousness - the hilarious declaration made by man that life is worth living.” 

 ― Sean O'Casey

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Tricolored Heron Grabs a Bite

The best angle from which to approach any problem is the try-angle. 

~ Author Unknown

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LOVE Heron

If a thing loves, it is infinite. 

 ― William Blake

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Sacred Idleness

Work is not always required. There is such a thing as sacred idleness.  

~ George MacDonald

I truly believe this quote!  

Life always seems to be so hurried.

Quiet Time, Time with Nature, Time with our Creator, Time with those sweet birds I love so much - 

That Time is Sacred.

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Your Life Is a Reflection

Your life is a reflection… you don't get what you WANT, you get what you ARE. You gotta BE it to SEE it.

~ Steve Maraboli

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Heron Drops His Fish

In order to succeed you must fail, so that you know what not to do the next time.

~Anthony J. D'Angelo

Come on - Laugh With Me!

A smile is a curve that sets everything straight. 
 ~Phyllis Diller 

 Not the most graceful heron - but he made me smile!

This was taken during one of our vacations in Pine Knoll Shores, North Carolina. 
 This guy was at the North Carolina Aquarium.

Don't you find that everything seems a bit better when you smile? :) It's so hard to be upset with a smile on your face or laughter in your voice.

So come on - Laugh with me - and get your smile on!

Great Blue Heron In Flight

Be like the bird in flight . . . pausing a while on boughs too slight, feels them give way beneath her, yet sings knowing yet, that she has wings.

— Victor Hugo

Great Blue Heron in flight - 
Izaak Walton Park, Christiansburg, Virginia

Heron and the Long Neck Stretch

If you put yourself in a position where you have to stretch outside your comfort zone, then you are forced to expand your consciousness.

~Les Brown

Taken while vacationing at Pine Knoll Shores, NC

Low in the Water

The unthankful heart... discovers no mercies; but the thankful heart... will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings.
- Henry Ward Beecher

I am very thankful for you my friends! Hope you have a Wonderful Day!

Let's Dance!

Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.
~Voltaire 

 This is one of the Herons that Hubby and I saw while on vacation in North Carolina. It looked like he was doing some dance moves! 

 Hope you all have a FABULOUS Day!

Heron Reflection

One of the greatest moments in anybody's developing experience is when he no longer tries to hide from himself but determines to get acquainted with himself as he really is.
~ Norman Vincent Peale