Blue Ridge Parkway Views - Trees and Fence

Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where Nature may heal and cheer and give strength to body and soul alike. 

~ John Muir

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Migratory Birds - Baltimore Oriole

"Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps a singing bird will come." 

- Chinese Proverb

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Wild Birds - Northern Mockingbird

“I believe in kindness. Also in mischief. Also in singing, especially when singing is not necessarily prescribed.” 

 ― Mary Oliver

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Cicada in the Leaves

“Everything has beauty, 

but not everyone sees it.” 

 ― Confucius

Not the most beautiful bug - but they do look quite unique.

Those transparent wings are pretty awesome!

I hear them a LOT but rarely 

do I find one to photograph.

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Rock Castle Gorge - Another View from the Blue Ridge Parkway

“Going to the mountains is going home.” 

 - John Muir

Another view of Rock Castle Gorge on the Blue Ridge Parkway

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Mabry Mill on the Blue Ridge Parkway

Oh, give me the country! where grass is green; 

 Where the roses bloom with satiny sheen; 

 Where the modest violet lifts up its head, 

 As on it the warmth of the sun is shed: 

Give me the country! where all is serene; 

 Where the air is pure and fragrant and clean, 

 And noise of the city is far away; 

 Where gaiety thrives through each night and day. 

God made the country, so lovely and fair!, 

 Its wide open spaces for all to share; 

 Where joy and contentment each one may find 

 If he, earnestly, seeks for peace of mind.

 ~ Gertrude Tooley Buckingham

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Rock Castle Gorge on the Blue Ridge Parkway

“Wherever we go in the mountains, or indeed in any of God's wild fields, 

we find more than we seek.” 

 ― John Muir  

 Jim and I took a trip up to the Blue Ridge Parkway on Sunday. 

This was shot from the Rock Castle Gorge overlook.

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