Question Mark Butterfly

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

I believe this is a Question Mark Butterfly - ID help is always appreciated!

Hummingbird Moth - Marvelous Nature

One of my favorite quotes to go with one of my favorite creatures. Taken in August 2011

Journey-work of the Stars

Happy Thanksgiving!

For flowers that bloom about our feet;

For tender grass, so fresh, so sweet;

For song of bird, and hum of bee;

For all things fair we hear or see,

Father in heaven, we thank Thee!

~Ralph Waldo Emerson

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"The only thing that separates us from the animals is our ability to accessorize."- from the film Steel Magnolias

Necklace by Kate Spade

Sophia Loren movie quote

Yesterday, I caught a snippet of a Sophia Loren movie playing on TV, and found the lines amusing. Her character was having a pillow talk sort of conversation with her younger sister. 

She said "I think Michelle is a subversive."

"What does that mean?" her younger sister asked.

"That's someone with a good heart who doesn't like to work much."

Well, yeah.

You know what they say... "If work was so great, the rich would keep it for themselves."

Monarch Butterfly In Flight - A Simple Blessing

Life holds so many simple blessings, each day bringing its own individual wonder.

- John McLeod

Dragonfly - A Moment in Time

What the human eye observes causally and incuriously, the eye of the camera notes with relentless fidelity. -Berenice Abbott

Summertime Treasures

Normal day, let me be aware of the treasure you are. Let me learn from you, love you, bless you before you depart. Let me not pass you by in quest of some rare and perfect tomorrow. Let me hold you while I may, for it may not always be so. ~Mary Jean Iron

Cardinal Close-Up

Sometimes it's important to work for that pot of gold. But other times it's essential to take time off and to make sure that your most important decision in the day simply consists of choosing which color to slide down on the rainbow. ~Douglas Pagels

Wishing you a wonderful day!

Ladybug with a Smile - Macro Monday

A smile is a facelift that's in everyone's price range! ~Tom Wilson

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Wildflower - Dipped in Diamonds

To the dull mind all nature is leaden. To the illumined mind the whole world burns and sparkles with light. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Finally able to get out with the camera a bit yesterday. It was so nice to just breath in nature. Hope you all have a Wonderful Day!

Mourning Dove - Springtime Joy

Now every field is clothed with grass, and every tree with leaves; now the woods put forth their blossoms, and the year assumes its gay attire. ~Virgil

Brown Thrasher on a Branch

But what minutes! Count them by sensation, and not by calendars, and each moment is a day. ~Benjamin Disraeli

It seems there is not enough time in the day to do all of the things I want to do. Most importantly right now is getting Mom and Dad settled - still lots of little things to do. But soon I hope to get out with the camera and soon I hope to visit more of your blogs. Thank you all for your kindness and for your comments.

Hummingbird Moth with Transparent Wings

In our life there is a single color, as on an artist's palette, which provides the meaning of life and art. It is the color of love.

~Marc Chagall

Very busy here and it has rained a LOT - so another one from the archives.

Hummingbird Moth - August 2010 - Deerfield Trail

Bending but Not Broken

When we long for life without difficulties, remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds and diamonds are made under pressure. ~Peter Marshall

From the archives - July 2008.

Macro Monday - Emergence

The ground we walk on, the plants and creatures, the clouds above constantly dissolving into new formations - each gift of nature possessing its own radiant energy, bound together by cosmic harmony. ~Ruth Bernhard

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Tree Swallows - Let's Talk

It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much. ~Yogi Berra
Captured on 04-11-11 - Izaak Walton Park - Christiansburg, VA

Butterfly - The Departure

Not to understand a treasure's worth till time has stole away the slighted good, is cause of half the poverty we feel, and makes the world the wilderness it is. ~William Cowper

From the archives - 09-13-09 - Heritage Trail, Blacksburg, VA

Gull Landing ~ Wednesday Wings

We have not wings we cannot soar; but, we have feet to scale and climb, by slow degrees, by more and more, the cloudy summits of our time. ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow