The Dew Of Little Things

In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.

~Kahlil Gibran

About the image: Taken 05-21-11 - Izaak Walton Park - Christiansburg, VA

I am unsure of the bug ID. I was really happy to capture him among the dew.

The Morning Dew of Wonder

Tomorrow the sun will also rise to the occasion of another day with equal grandeur. Such is the nature of that morrow which today has already seen, yet it greets us each time afresh with the morning dew of wonder in its eyes.

~ Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Ladybug and Nature's "Bling"

Dreams come true; without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them.

John Updike

Can you tell I LOVE Ladybugs?! I keep searching (and clicking away) for that perfect ladybug shot. I haven't got it yet - but I'll keep trying - and dreaming of that perfect shot.

Ladybug - Kissed by the Morning Dew

When you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength. Give thanks for your food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason to give thanks, the fault lies in yourself.

~Tecumseh

Ladybug shot yesterday morning - 08-20-11 - with the morning dew.

Izaak Walton Park - Christiansburg, VA

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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

Spring Colors

Maple Seed Pod with droplets - 04-23-11 - My front yard - Blacksburg, VA
The naked earth is warm with Spring,
And with green grass and bursting trees
Leans to the sun's kiss glorying,
And quivers in the sunny breeze.
~Julian Grenfell

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Morning Dew Drops

How cunningly nature hides every wrinkle of her inconceivable antiquity under roses and violets and morning dew! ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Dew drops on wildflowers ~ One of life's simple pleasures