Joy

I've pondered what this exactly means. To me it means trying to keep a positive attitude, seeing the positive in things rather than the negative and it just builds upon itself. The more positive/happy/joyful you are - the more positive/happy/joyful you become.

And it is contagious - so spread it around :)

Autumn Lace

For the Fall of the year is more than three months bounded by

an equinox and a solstice. It is a summing up without the

finality of year's end.

~ Hal Borland

Droplet Duo

Each moment in time we have it all, even when we think we don't.

~ Melody Beattie

Ladybug - Strolling Along The Lace

If your mind isn't clouded by unnecessary things,

This is the best season of your life.

- Wu-Men

Ladybug strolling along the aging Queen Anne's Lace

A Mental Squint Required

When you are describing,

A shape, or sound, or tint;

Don't state the matter plainly,

But put it in a hint;

And learn to look at all things,

With a sort of mental squint.

~Lewis Carroll

Jewelry of Nature

Innumerable as the stars of night,

Or stars of morning, dewdrops which the sun

Impearls on every leaf and every flower.

~John Milton

Layers of Lace

Flowers... are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of the world. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Wildflower Dreams

To find the universal elements enough; to find the air and the water exhilarating; to be refreshed by a morning walk or an evening saunter... to be thrilled by the stars at night; to be elated over a bird's nest or a wildflower in spring - these are some of the rewards of the simple life.

~ John Burroughs

One of my favorite quotes that I've used often on this blog. It is quite thrilling to me to hear the birds sing, to see flowers in a field or a butterfly in flight. What wonderful entertainment and beauty there is in just going for a walk. This was taken on my walk yesterday. I believe it is Queen Anne's Lace and the blue in the background is Chicory

Queen Anne's Lace ~ Wildflower Elegance

To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not, rich; to listen to stars and birds, babes and sages, with open heart; to study hard; to think quietly, act frankly, talk gently, await occasions, hurry never; in a word, to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious, grow up through the common - this is my symphony. ~William Henry Channing