Bathing Beauty

"In small proportions we just beauties see, 

And in short measures life may perfect be." 

- Ben Jonson

American Robin takes a bath

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A Flutter of Wings

Power said to the world, "You are mine." 

The world kept it prisoner on her throne. 

Love said to the world, "I am thine." 

The world gave it the freedom of her house. 

-  Rabindranath Tagore

~ Love is always the answer ~ 

We Have Lift-Off

To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. To not dare is to lose oneself. 

 ~ Soren Kierkegaard

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Listen to the Flutter

But this time I chose to silence both my head and my heart so that I could listen carefully to the silent flutter of wings. 

~ Lacey Ellmoore

Always Dancing

There was something in her movements that made you think she never walked but always danced.

 ― L.M. Montgomery

Common Buckeye Butterfly leaves the wildflower .... on to the next.

 

Chickadee Ballet

Gracefulness has been defined to be the outward expression of the inward harmony of the soul. 
~ William Hazlitt

I am fascinated with motion. I thought this little one looked like a ballerina.

Relish Small Pleasures

 
Think big thoughts but relish small pleasures.

 ~ H. Jackson Brown, Jr

Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly wing flutter

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Upward Motion

Everything is in motion. 
Everything flows. 
Everything is vibrating.
- William Hazlitt

I really like to capture movement in the birds. 
 This little house finch cooperated nicely.

There Are No Shortcuts

I am fascinated with the "motion" of birds and I take a LOT of pictures trying to capture them in motion. I have often thought of doing a "bloopers" post to show the zillions of pics I have with maybe one wing in the frame, or just the tail feathers. Most of the time I end up with nothing at all as they've left the frame before I can even get a shot off. It has been VERY hard for me to capture the entire bird in the frame. This is NOT a great picture - BUT - I caught the entire Downy Woodpecker in the shot :) I have posted before of a Red-bellied Woodpecker In Motion - Here and a Female Cardinal in Motion - Here. So I will keep trying to capture the birds in motion - and someday in focus too :)

There are no shortcuts to any place worth going. ~Beverly Sills

Woodpecker Wings ~ Lots of Motion

When you arise in the morning, 
think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive 
- to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.

- Marcus Aurelius

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