The Blues

I don't know what these are called, but I fell
in love with them when I saw them.

 With freedom, books, flowers, and the moon, who could not be happy? 
~ Oscar Wilde

Have a Wonderful Day!

Muskrat Love

During an adventure out to a marshy area, this muskrat decided to climb out of the marsh and gather some weeds.
Then he hopped back into the water and swam away.
Quite an experience for me as  this was my first muskrat sighting!  He reminded me of a Really BIG Guinea Pig with a long tail :)

 

Nature Magnified

.....But in nature every bit of life is lovely. And the more magnification we use, the more details are brought out, perfectly formed, like endless sets of boxes within boxes.

― Roman Vishniac

Kiss The Joy As It Flies

He who binds to himself a joy 

Does the winged life destroy; 

But he who kisses the joy as it files 

Lives in eternity's sun rise.

~ William Blake

Each Moment Has Its Own Beauty

Each moment of the year has its own beauty...

a picture which was never before and shall never be seen again.

~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Spent

Taking time out each day to relax and renew is essential to living well. 

~ Judith Hanson Lasater

The Purest Love

When you look into your mother’s eyes, you know that is the purest love you can find on this earth.

~ Mitch Albom

A Sense of Ease

Patience requires a slowing down, a spaciousness, a sense of ease.

 — Allan Lokos

Bathe in the Tides of Nature

Open all your pores and bathe in all the tides of nature, in all her streams and oceans, at all seasons. 

― Henry David Thoreau

White-breasted Nuthatch in Classic Pose

As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind.
To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again.
To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over
the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate our lives.
Henry David Thoreau

Heart Afloat

Love one another and you will be happy. It's as simple and as difficult as that.

~Michael Leunig

Gently Resting On The Leaf

Life is but a day: 

A fragile dewdrop on its perilious way 

From a trees summit

~ John Keats

Eastern Towhee

An Eastern Towhee taken through the branches.

For more info on this bird: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Towhee

A New Family

A Mother's love is instinctual, unconditional, and forever.
~ Unknown