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Dear Friends,

Sorry for the lack of posting. My Dear Mother is in the hospital.

Please keep us in your prayers.

Kerri

Dogwood Bud

If you've never been thrilled to the very edges of your soul by a flower in spring bloom,

maybe your soul has never been in bloom.

~ Unknown

Togetherness

A White Breasted Nuthatch and a Carolina Wren

together on the feeder.

The Nuthatch has his feathers fanned....so I don't think he likes sharing :)

(taken through glass...sorry for the distortion)

I chose these to show their feathers.

I think the wren looks like he's in a plaid suit

and the nuthatch looks like he's in a tux!

The Yellow Glistens

The yellow glistens. It glistens with various yellows, 
Citrons, oranges and greens 
Flowering over the skin. 
~ Wallace Stevens

Rain Your Kindness On All

 .... do not burden your heart with judgements but rain your kindness equally on all. 

~ Siddhārtha Gautama

Life Whispers

If you listen quietly enough life will whisper its secrets to you.

 ― Rasheed Ogunlaru

An Abundant World Awaits

Today expect something good to happen to you no matter what occurred yesterday. Realize the past no longer holds you captive. It can only continue to hurt you if you hold on to it. Let the past go. A simply abundant world awaits.

Sarah Breathnach

In the Green

  Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes and rivers, the mountain and the sea, are excellent schoolmasters, and teach some of us more than we can never learn from books. 
- John Lubbock 

A Great place to rest and take in the GREEN!

Grow Through Life

Don't go through life, grow through life.

~Eric Butterworth

 

Delight in the Scenery....

Delight in the scenery of each day.

~ Douglas Pagels

Bench at Virginia Tech Duck Pond - Blacksburg, Virginia

A Favorite of Mine

Not the greatest shot....but isn't he pretty??

When this was taken it was only the third time I had ever seen a Yellow Bellied Sapsucker.

Taken on the tree in my backyard.

 I can get sooooo Excited over seeing a new bird - or any bird for that matter :) 

Birdie Collage

 Surprise Surprise....more birds :)

These were all taken through the glass out of my living room window.

 Bird ID: House Finch, Cardinal, Blue Jay, and Sparrow (juvie white-crowned perhaps?)

Mockingbird Joy

Joy is not in things; it is in us.

~Richard Wagner

I can't tell you how much JOY I have just watching the birds from my home

Their songs are so sweet!

I have never heard a depressed bird!

Daytime Moon

It is a beautiful and delightful sight to behold the body of the Moon.
~  Ptolemy

 I love seeing the MOON in the daytime.

The shots on the left were taken on 03/07/09 in the afternoon.

The PINK moon was taken one early morning 03/10/09.

Yellow Fellow

As The Wind Blows

~
Hiding in the Pines
Tufted Titmouse
As the Wind Blows
~

Mourning Dove - Striking a Pose

  Oh those feathers! 

Strong MInd - Soft Heart

 Have a strong mind and a soft heart.

 ~ Anthony J. D'Angelo

Welcome the Present Moment

Blue Jay on snowy branches.
Welcome the present moment as if you had invited it. Why? Because it is all we ever have.  

~ Pema Chodron

Give Yourself to Today

No yesterdays are ever wasted for those who give themselves to today. 

~ Brendan Francis Behan