Heart Shaped Shell

Life is short and we have never too much time for gladdening the hearts of those who are travelling the dark journey with us. 

Oh be swift to love, make haste to be kind.

 ~ Henri-Frederic Amiel

Shell - underwater near the shore - caught my eye - can you see the heart?

My favorite part of the quote above "make haste to be kind" - Love that!

(Yep - it's another iPhone pic)

Sunrise Fly-by

And even the sun

 in dawn chorus sings, 

 a celestial melody to the earth below. 

 - Tjaden

(Another iPhone Pic) 

Everything's Just Beachy

The waves of the sea, help me get back to me. 

- Jill Davis

Small Steps

The key to realizing a dream is to focus not on success but significance - and then even the small steps and little victories along your path will take on greater meaning. 

~ Oprah Winfrey

Follow Your Heart

Your heart is free, have the courage to follow it.

~ Braveheart

Just One Smile .....

Just one smile 

Immensely increases 

the beauty Of the universe.  

~ Sri Chinmoy

Get your smile on!

(Edited with snapseed - Tilt shift process)

Heart Of Gold

Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye.  

~H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

 And again - I'm seeing HEARTS everywhere .... do you see the little heart in the "heart" of the wildflower?  I am ALWAYS amazed by the Beauty produced by Nature.

Yes - I took this one with the Olloclip. 

NOW AVAILABLE AS A SET OF NOTECARDS - HERE 

By Your Side

It all comes down to who's by your side. 

~ Nicholas Sparks

Another iPhone pic taken with my Olloclip Macro Lens. 

More Info on the Olloclip - HERE

Linking up with MACRO MONDAY - hosted by Lisa

Chase Your Dreams

If you never chase your dreams, you'll never catch them!

~Unknown

Go With All Your Heart

Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart. 

~ Confucius

(you see the heart, right??)

 ~ Linking up with Skywatch Friday ~ 

Be Led By Your Dreams

Don’t be pushed by your problems; be led by your dreams. 

~Unknown

The Future Is Completely Open ....

(Question Mark Butterfly on a Tree at Deerfield Trail - 05-27-12)

Quite a profound quote, don't you think?

Did you believe it when your parents told you - "you can be anything you want when you grow up"?

I did!  

My problem was that I didn't know what I wanted to be.  It's been just the past few years that I feel like I've become the true me - and the person I want to be.  Far from perfect - but I'm happy with the result. 

Be What You Are

Be what you are.  This is the first step toward becoming better than you are. 

~Julius Charles Hare

Let Your Life Lightly Dance .....

The field was covered in diamond dew droplets and

not a single leaf nor blade of grass was left out of the 

glistening loveliness.

And for a Moment .... I was part of that Magic.

Along The Road

Along The Road

Joy at the start
Fear in the journey
Joy in the coming home
A part of the heart gets lost in the learning
Somewhere along the road

Along the road your path may wander
A pilgrim's faith may fail
Absence makes the heart grow fonder
Darkness obscures the trail

Cursing the quest
Courting disaster
Measureless nights forbode
Moments of rest
Glimpses of laughter
Are treasured along the road

Along the road your steps may stumble
Your thoughts may start to stray
But through it all a heart held humble
Levels and lights your way

Joy at the start
Fear in the journey
Joy in the coming home
A part of the heart gets lost in the learning
Somewhere along the road
Somewhere along the road
Somewhere along the road

~ Dan Fogelberg

Link to youtube - Live Version - HERE 

(It's Awesome!) 

To Mingle with the Universe

   There is pleasure in the pathless woods, 

There is a rapture on the lonely shore, 

There is society, where none intrudes,

By the deep sea, and music in its roar: 

I love not man the less, but Nature more, 

From these our interviews, in which I steal 

From all I may be, or have been before, 

To mingle with the Universe, and feel 

What I can ne'er express, yet cannot all conceal. 

~ LORD BYRON

Mingling with the Universe ..... that sums up how I feel when I am out walking in nature!

This pic from my walk Sunday morning - 06-10-12  

Taken with my iPhone and processed with Instagram.

Morning Light On A Wildflower

The moment when you first wake up in the morning is the most wonderful of the twenty-four hours. No matter how weary or dreary you may feel, you possess the certainty that, during the day that lies before you, absolutely anything may happen. And the fact that it practically always doesn't, matters not a jot. The possibility is always there. 

 ~Monica Baldwin

A little bit of "morning magic" found on my walk 06-09-12

Summer Delight

Summertime is always the best of what might be.  

~ Charles Bowden

I captured this image 06-08-12 - again with the iPhone and Olloclip lens.   That little flower he is on is the first milkweed bloom of the season.  Once the milkweed blooms I start seeing more and more butterflies - so Milkweed is a True Delight of Summer!

Sunshine for the Soul

Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful; they are sunshine, food and medicine for the soul. 

~Luther Burbank

I'm always amazed at what my little iPhone can do with the macro Olloclip lens.  This image taken 06-07-12 on my walk.  Straight out of the phone - No Edit at all.

Wishing you a SUNNY Day!

An Infinite Universe

Behind every atom of this world hides an infinite universe.

~Rumi

Enjoy Life

Enjoy Life

This is not a dress rehearsal

~ Unknown

Need a Hug?

Have you hugged yourself today? 

 ~Unknown

I often give human attributes to my feathered friends.  Doesn't it look like he's stretching out his wings to give a great big hug?  

Wishing you a Wonderful - HUG-FILLED Day! 

Kingfisher in Flight

I heard him before I saw him - and what a smile it brought to my face.

Was it possible that I might get a glimpse of that wonderful creature - the Belted Kingfisher?

I did get a faraway glimpse as he flew over the pond.

Just a blur - but a wonderful moment to capture.

Belted Kingfisher Call  - Click Here  

Let Your Heart Soar

Red-winged blackbird

Refuse to be average.  Let your heart soar as high as it will.

~A.W. Tozer

Something Good in Every Day

Thankful

Goldfinch Couple - 06-03-12 - Heritage Park - Blacksburg VA

Every day is a day to be thankful. Life's abundance has no limit, and gratitude is what keeps that abundance flowing. In every circumstance there is something for which to be thankful. Even when there seems to be nothing else, there is hope. 

~ Ralph Marston

HOLD On!

Sometimes - ALL we can do - is - HOLD On!

Taken 06-03-12 with my iPhone and Olloclip lens

Not a clear pic - but I thought it was cool :) 

Choose Hope

Cotton Ball Clouds

Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time.  

~ John Lubbock