Monarch Butterfly

 "If you have a mind at peace, and a heart that cannot harden, Go find a door that opens wide upon a lovely garden." 

- Unknown

Outside the Open Window

 “Outside the open window 

The morning air is all awash with angels.” 

― Richard Wilbur

Light and Shadow

 "For everything that lives is holy, 

 life delights in life." 

 - William Blake

Wildflower Wednesday Walk - September 18, 2024

 Jewelweed - The Hummingbirds like to hang out with this wildflower.

I did not see any today and think they may have begun their migration this week.

A purple wildflower - an aster I believe.

A large snapping turtle - always fun to see these big guys! 

Another view of the pond with a bit of fall showing.

Another 1 .6 miles walked today.

We saw Blue jays, Catbirds, Cardinals, and several squirrels and chipmunks.

And the groundhog and a cat was at our favorite coffee drinking spot.

The Voice of the Garden

 “The hum of bees is the voice of the garden.” 

– Elizabeth Lawrence

Bumblebee on Blue Cardinal Flower 

Wildflowers and Wings

                                        Kind hearts are the gardens, 

Kind thoughts are the roots, 
Kind words are the flowers, 
Kind deeds are the fruits,
 Take care of your garden 
And keep out the weeds, 
Fill it with sunshine 
Kind words and kind deeds

~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Friends in the Flowers - Butterfly and Bee

 “Kindness always leaves a timeless deposit 

 on the heart.” 

 ― Molly Friedenfeld

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail and Bee in the thistle

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A Dreamy Morning

 “May your life be like a wildflower, 

growing freely in the beauty and joy of each day.” 

– Native American Proverb

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Sunshine in the Wildflowers - American Goldfinch

 “In summer, the song sings itself.” 

—William Carlos Williams

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Bird in the Buttercups

 “The world will never starve for want of wonders; 

but only for want of wonder.”

 ― G.K. Chesterton

Male Brown-headed Cowbird in the buttercups.

Beautiful Beginnings - Virginia Bluebells

 "Spring unlocks the flowers 

to paint the laughing soil." 

- Bishop Reginald Heber

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Pink Wildflower - New River Trail State Park

“There are always flowers 

for those who want to see them.”

― Henri Matisse

A type of Persicaria I believe.

I've Struck Gold

 “The goldenrod is yellow,

The corn is turning brown...

The trees in apple orchards

With fruit are bending down.”

― Helen Hunt Jackson

Jewelweed After The Rain

“Outside the open window

The morning air is all awash with angels.”

― Richard Wilbur

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Jewelweed after the rain.

Hummingbird Ballet in the Jewelweed

"Fresh air is as good for the mind as for the body. Nature always seems trying to talk to us as if she had some great secret to tell. And so she has.” 

- John Lubbock

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Rain Drops on the Sweet Pea

“Outside the open window 

 The morning air is all awash with angels.” 

 ― Richard Wilbur

From my walk along the Huckleberry Trail and 

Coal Mining Heritage Park

and Loop Trail  

Bee Fly in the Coltsfoot Wildflowers

“Days passing with discovery 

are the days of real happiness.” 

― Mehmet Murat ildan

Seen during my walk - Heritage Park - Blacksburg, Virginia

03-28-20 

Coltsfoot Wildflowers

"And 't is my faith, that every flower 

Enjoys the air it breathes." 

- William Wordsworth

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Summer Web

"Wander a whole summer if you can... time will not be taken from the sum of your life. Instead of shortening, it will definitely lengthen it....." 

 ― John Muir

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Male Goldfinch in the Wildflowers of Summer

“Reach high, for stars lie hidden in you. 

Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal.”

 ― Rabindranath Tagore

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