Leftover from Last Summer

Nature gets into our souls and opens doors to hidden parts of ourselves.

~ Pamela Heyda

Taken 02-28-12 with my iPhone and Olloclip lens.

One of the things I LOVE about the Olloclip macro lens is that it gives you very cool bokeh!

Don't know what bokeh is? Find out more HERE

Thank You To My Friends

Thank you to Foxglove Lane and Mrs Dewberry for the generous mentions about being a Versatile Blogger. I appreciate your kindness!

This image is from 2008 - a wildflower whose name I do not know. (so If you know it - please leave me a comment)

If you have someone special that brings you sunshine - I would love it if you would pass along this image to them - and let them know how special they are to you. You, my dear readers, are VERY SPECIAL to me. Let's pass this sunshine along! You can click on the pic to download it OR

For the Hi Res Version of this image - just leave me a comment with your email address (or you can email me) and I will send it to you. My email is found in the "About Me" section of my profile.

Wishing you a Day filled with Sunshine!

Winter Wildflower

About the image: Taken with my iPhone and Olloclip lens on the same day I captured the snowflake.

Macro Monday - The Embrace

Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circles of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.

Albert Einstein

About the image: Taken early morning on 07-17-11. I thought it looked like the

bee was being embraced by the wildflower.

For more Macro Monday captures - visit Lisa - HERE

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 :)

Joy in Bloom

Joy is a flower that blooms when you do.

~Author Unknown

About the image: Taken 09-24-11. I do not know the name of this flower.

For More Macro Monday Shots - Visit Lisa's Chaos - HERE

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

Lessons from the Journey

The road of life twists and turns and no two directions are ever the same. Yet our lessons come from the journey, not the destination.

~Don Williams, Jr.

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

Monarch Caterpillar - Seen through the Leaf

Monarch Caterpillar seen through the Leaf - Munching on the Milkweed

~ A Closer Look ~

The greatest quest in life is to reach one's potential. ~Mychal Wynn

Bee covered in Pollen

~Such AMAZING Creatures~

~A Closer Look~

I know no subject more elevating, more amazing, more ready to the poetical enthusiasm, the philosophical reflection, and the moral sentiment than the works of nature. Where can we meet such variety, such beauty, such magnificence?

~James Thomson

The Daisy and The 'Did

To get through the hardest journey we need take only one step at a time, but we must keep on stepping. ~Chinese Proverb

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

From My Early Morning Walk

I used to love night best but the older I get the more treasures and hope and joy I find in mornings. ~Terri Guillemets

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!

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.

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

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

Daisy - Sunshine on a Stem

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