Travel Light

This is today! What will tomorrow bring? Life arrives and departs on its own schedule, not ours; it's time to travel light, and be ready to go wherever it takes us.

 ― Meg Wolfe

Lady on Ice

In all things of nature there is
something of the marvelous.
- Aristotle 

This shot of the female cardinal was from an ice storm back in December 2014.  On days like that it is

time to break out the Hot Cocoa and a Good Book!

Beautiful Memory

I want to fill my mind with life-enhancing, positive, beautiful memories. 

~ Alexandra Stoddard

Cape Lookout Lighthouse - Cape Lookout National Seashore 

Now Available - HERE 

Keep Peace In Your Soul

Be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars. In the noisy confusion of life, keep peace in your soul.

~ Max Ehrman

The Road Goes Ever On and On .....

Deerfield Trail - Blacksburg Virginia

The Road goes ever on and on 
           Down from the door where it began. 
                       Now far ahead the Road has gone, 
                                             And I must follow, if I can,
 Pursuing it with eager feet, 
         Until it joins some larger way 
               Where many paths and errands meet.

                              And whither then? I cannot say  

J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

Print Available - HERE 

Think and Wonder

Think and Wonder
Wonder and think
~ Dr Seuss

Linking with Inspired Tuesday 

Just One Smile .....

Just one smile 

Immensely increases 

the beauty Of the universe.  

~ Sri Chinmoy

Get your smile on!

Along The Road

Along The Road

Joy at the start
Fear in the journey
Joy in the coming home
A part of the heart gets lost in the learning
Somewhere along the road

Along the road your path may wander
A pilgrim's faith may fail
Absence makes the heart grow fonder
Darkness obscures the trail

Cursing the quest
Courting disaster
Measureless nights forbode
Moments of rest
Glimpses of laughter
Are treasured along the road

Along the road your steps may stumble
Your thoughts may start to stray
But through it all a heart held humble
Levels and lights your way

Joy at the start
Fear in the journey
Joy in the coming home
A part of the heart gets lost in the learning
Somewhere along the road
Somewhere along the road
Somewhere along the road

~ Dan Fogelberg

Link to youtube - Live Version - HERE 

(It's Awesome!) 

Kingfisher in Flight

I heard him before I saw him - 
and what a smile it brought to my face.

Was it possible that I might get a glimpse of that wonderful creature - the Belted Kingfisher?

I did get a faraway glimpse as he flew over the pond.

Just a blur - but a wonderful moment to capture.

Belted Kingfisher Call  - Click Here