Blue Velvet

The way lies in softness and patience, as the softest water cuts through the hardest rock. 

~ Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Fritillary In Flight

Crop 1

Crop 2

Crop 3

Don't ever give up. 

Don't ever give in. 

 Don't ever stop trying. 

 Don't ever sell out. 

 And if you find yourself succumbing to one of the above for a brief moment, pick yourself up, brush yourself off, whisper a prayer, and start where you left off.  But never, ever, ever give up.

 ~ Richelle E. Goodrich

I have spent hours and hours and hours trying to capture butterflies in flight.  This is the result of one of my outings.  I was shooting into the sunlight - so it is not a great pic.  I haven't seen many Fritillary butterflies so it was Very Special to me to capture this.

All three images are the SAME image - just cropped 3 different ways.  I wanted to show you how lovely he is up close - and progress out to show you the entire scene as I saw it.

 Heritage Park - Blacksburg, Virginia 

The Greatest Treasures

Simplicity, patience, compassion. 

These three are your greatest treasures. 

Simple in actions and thoughts, you return to the source of being. Patient with both friends and enemies, you accord with the way things are. Compassionate toward yourself, you reconcile all beings in the world.

~ Lao Tzu

Patience

All things come round to him who will but wait.
~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

A Sense of Ease

 Patience requires a slowing down, a spaciousness, a sense of ease.

 — Allan Lokos

Print Available - HERE 

Love and Patience

With love and patience, nothing is impossible.

~Daisaku Ikeda

Do you see the "heart"?