A Spot of Red On His Head

Male Downy Woodpecker at the Suet Feeder

The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. 

The great opportunity is where you are.

 ― John Burroughs

Decorating the Tree

Keep your Christmas-heart open all the year round. 

 ~ Jessica Archmint

Mother Nature In Her Festive Dress

It is tenderness for the past, courage for the present, hope for the future. It is a fervent wish that every cup may overflow with blessings rich and eternal, and that every path may lead to peace.

 - Agnes M. Pharo

I thought this tree draped in berries looked quite lovely....
like it was wearing a Red Dress :)

Behind The Blur

I believe this to be a Spicebush Swallowtail Butterfly

If I cease searching, then, woe is me, I am lost. That is how I look at it - keep going, keep going come what may.

 ― Vincent van Gogh

The Artsy Version is - HERE 

A Black and White Bow For My Wreath

White-crowned Sparrow 

A Black and White Bow for My Feeder Wreath.
More info on how I made my 
Bird Feeder Wreath - HERE 

   Remember this, very little is needed to make a happy life.

Marcus Aurelius

Wet Wren Watching the Rain

All was silent as before — 

All silent save the dripping rain. 

~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

December Red

And as to me, I know nothing else but miracles.

 — Walt Whitman

Print Available - HERE