I Held My Breath.....

Viceroy Butterfly

I held my breath as we do sometimes to stop time when something wonderful has touched us...

 ― Mary Oliver

Available as a Fine Art Print/Canvas/Card - HERE 

White-crowned Sparrow Watching

White-crowned Sparrow 

To look at any thing,

 If you would know that thing, 

 You must look at it long... 

 John Moffitt

Print Available - HERE 

A Serene Encounter With Reality

In mindfulness one is not only restful and happy, but alert and awake. Meditation is not evasion; it is a serene encounter with reality.

 ― Thích Nhất Hạnh

Male Cardinal - keeps his eye on me as I keep my eye on him 

Watching The Birds

Mockingbird

Sometimes he thinks he

Rules the Roost

Goldfinch on the "finch sock" filled with Nyger Seed

Male Cardinal stops for a Drink 

Cardinal....After the drink :)

All of these were taken thru the sliding glass door that leads

onto our deck - so there may be a little distortion.

When was the last time you spent a quiet moment just doing nothing - just sitting and looking at the sea, or watching the wind blowing the tree limbs, or waves rippling on a pond, a flickering candle or children playing in the park? 

- Ralph Marston