Bee and Bluebells

 “Spring is terribly exciting when you are living right in it.” 

- Jean Craighead George

Bee and Blossom

“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, The Secret Garden

Blossoms will be coming soon! 

Bee and Crocus

 “There is not a particle of life which does not bear poetry within it” 

― Gustave Flaubert

Live in Awareness

 "If you live in awareness, 

it is easy to see miracles everywhere." 

— Thich Nhat Hanh

Strange and Beautiful

 

“Life’s stranger and more beautiful than I ever thought possible.”

― William Kent Krueger

Widow Skimmer Dragonfly 

Hidden

 "....the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places." 

~ Roald Dahl

Painted Lady Butterfly 

Red-spotted Purple Butterfly

 “Every small, unselfish action nudges the world into a better path. An accumulation of small acts can change the world.” 

― Robin Hobb

Fritillary Friends

  “For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.” 

— Audrey Hepburn

Experience Life As A Gift

 “Gratitude is the ability to experience life as a gift....” 

― John Ortberg

Bee in the Bee Balm

 "Nature will bear the closest inspection. 

She invites us to lay our eye level with her smallest leaf, and take an insect view of its plain." 

~ Henry David Thoreau

Flight of the Long-tailed Skipper

 “In this world in which we live 

simplicity and kindness 

are the only magic wands that work wonders” 

― L. Frank Baum

The long-tailed skipper in flight - Summer of 2024

Artsy Version - HERE 

Wash Your Spirit Clean

 "Keep close to Nature's heart...and break clear away, once in awhile, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean." 

~ John Muir

A Complete Rest

 "Sometimes the most urgent thing you can possibly do is take a complete rest." 

~Ashleigh Brilliant

On a rather cool morning at the Hahn Garden (10/07/24) 

a bee rests on the tip of a wildflower.

Blue My Mind

 "Where flowers bloom so does hope." 

~ Lady Bird Johnson

I found this lovely flower and insect (a hover fly I think) on my

walk around the Hahn Horticulture Garden on Monday, October 7, 2024

I believe this flower is called a shaggy dwarf morning-glory and is named 

"Blue My Mind" - hence the title of my post. 

Print Available - HERE 

Shine Your Light

 "Shine your light and make a positive impact on the world; there is nothing so honorable as helping improve the lives of others." 

— Roy T. Bennett

Katydid Blends In

 "When you are kind to others, 

it not only changes you, it changes the world.”

 Harold S. Kushner

Grasshopper Grasps the Greenery

 "Never be so focused on what you're looking for that you overlook the thing you actually find." 

— Ann Patchett

Friday - September 13, 2024

 It was a cloudy day for our walk.

We saw a few snapping turtles again but only 1 duck and

no geese today.  Several squirrels and a chipmunk.

There was a lot of Blue Jay activity and we saw a Catbird and

another Hummingbird.  The Hummingbirds should be 

heading out soon.

The goldenrod is blooming so prettily.  When 

I got closer I saw this lovely patterned Locust Borer Beetle.

This Bald-faced Hornet was

another cool find on our walk.

The "Squiggly" drew me to this vine which I have identified as a Wild Grape Vine also known as riverbank grape or frost grape.

It was another great walk of 1.6 miles and a wonderful way to spend the morning.

Sunflower and Bee

 “Flowers always make people better, happier, 

and more helpful; 

they are sunshine, food and medicine to the mind.” 

― Luther Burbank

Print Available - HERE 

Grasshopper Dreams

 

“If your heart is in your dream, 

no request is too extreme.” 

— Jiminy Cricket

I believe this to be a red-legged grasshopper - which is one of the most

common grasshoppers in North America.

Print Available - HERE