Dogwood Delight

  

 “Misery might love company, but so does joy. And joy throws much better parties.” 

- Billy Ivey

Good Eats - Robin Ready To Feed The Youngster

“The more you cultivate joy, 

the more joy you will feel and be able to share.” 

― Thích Nhất Hạnh

Print Available - HERE 

Finding Ecstasy

There is ecstasy in paying attention.

 ― Anne Lamott

ec·sta·sy

noun

1. 1.

   an overwhelming feeling of great happiness or joyful excitement.

Indigo Bunting Blues

Jumping for joy is good exercise. 

 ~ Unknown

Male Indigo Bunting seen during a summer walk. 

Praying Mantis in the Sedum

Praying Mantis - at Home in the Sedum 

Find ecstasy in life; 
the mere sense of living is joy enough.
 - Emily Dickinson

 Prints and More Available - HERE 

Joy and Kindness

Spread Joy

Scatter Kindness

Brighten the World with your Smile

Sharing with Tuesday Muse 

Whatever Gives Joy

~ Tree Swallow in Flight ~ 

Beauty is whatever gives joy.

~ Edna St. Vincent Millay 

Print Available - HERE 

Small Joys

Many people lose the small joys in the hope for the big happiness.

~  Pearl S. Buck

Another "almost" flight shot.  Wish it had been clearer - but I'm not giving up!

 Artsy Version - HERE 

The Fragrance Of Joy

The beautiful fragrance of joy is breathtaking.

― Marie Cornelio

Finding Joy

 Joy is found in the simple and ordinary things of life: the smile of a newborn baby, the kiss from a sweet new puppy, and the warm sunshine on a spring day.

~  Marie Cornelio

And I would add to that - Joy is found in the Birds!

Produce Joy

Do anything, but let it produce joy.

~ Walt Whitman

Such wise words!
  
Print Available - HERE 

The Joy of Just Being

In today's rush we all think too much, seek too much, want too much and forget about 
the joy of just Being.

~ Eckhart Tolle

Bellepoint Park- Hinton, WV

Available at Fine Art America - HERE 

Dark-eyed Junco In the Berries

Dark-eyed Junco surrounded by berries

Zoomed in a bit closer

Isn't that a Sweet Face?

I found this verse from Thoreau this morning - and I believe - oh how I believe - that each day I live
I have truly caught a little stardust, and have held in my hands a small part of the rainbow.

If the day and the night are such that you greet them with joy, 

and life emits a fragrance like flowers and sweet-scented herbs,

that is your success. 

All nature is your congratulation, 

and you have cause momentarily to bless yourself. 

It is a little star-dust caught, 

a segment of the rainbow which I have clutched.

~ Henry David Thoreau

Linking with Wild Bird Wednesday

Goldfinch Surfs a Wildflower

The owner of a cheerful heart will find his joy ever increasing.

~ African Proverb

 When I saw this little male goldfinch I thought it looked like he was "surfing" the wildflower :)

Red-bellied Woodpecker - Joyful Take-off

Print Available - HERE 

Welcome and Appreciate 
every JOY that comes into your life.
Have a GREAT Day!

Spread Joy

The birds always bring me Joy!

Have a Wonderful Day!

Female Cardinal

Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants, and to serve them one’s self? 

~Ralph Waldo Emerson

White-breasted Nuthatch

The gloom of the world is but a shadow; 
behind it, yet within our reach, 
is Joy.

~Fra Giovanni

Joy

I've pondered what this exactly means. To me it means trying to keep a positive attitude, seeing the positive in things rather than the negative and it just builds upon itself. The more positive/happy/joyful you are - the more positive/happy/joyful you become.

And it is contagious - so spread it around :)

Female Cardinal - Simple Joy

The essence of life is not in the great victories and grand failures, but in the simple joys.

~ Jonathan Lockwood Huie