Rose-breasted Grosbeak - Male

 "By smiling, we initiate a wonderful chain reaction, touching the joy in anyone we encounter. 

A smile is an ambassador of goodwill.”

 ― Thich Nhat Hanh

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In The Tree With A Treat

Tufted Titmouse in the backyard tree with a nut in his beak

.....only in the winter, in the country, 
can you have longer, quiet stretches when you can savor belonging to yourself. 

~ Ruth Stout

Thankful for the Berries

We pray for the big things 
and forget to give thanks for the ordinary, 
small (and yet really not small) gifts. 

- Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Thankful for the berries and the trees that produce those berries.  Without those trees and berries, I wouldn't be able to watch the beautiful birds that visit.

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Out of Darkness Comes Light

Sadness flies on the wings of the morning and out of the heart of darkness comes the light. 

 ~ Jean Giraudoux

Cedar Waxwing in my backyard

Is The Spring Coming?

 “Is the spring coming?" he said. "What is it like?"... "It is the sun shining on the rain and the rain falling on the sunshine...” 

~ Frances Hodgson Burnett

Robin with Wet Berries

For after all the best thing one can do when

it is raining, is to let it rain.

- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow