A Muskrat Gathers Grass

More shots from the archives - May 2009. As I took this trip down memory lane, I recalled My First and Only (so far) Muskrat Encounter

This is the same image as the top one - just cropped a little closer so you can see the grasses in his mouth. I assume he was taking these for food for his little ones OR for building a nest.

I posted about this muskrat earlier on my blog - HERE he is coming up out of the water prior to gathering the grass - You can even see the duckweed on his face :)

HERE - he is back in the water with his mouth full of the grass

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Squirrel on a Branch - Happiness on Your Heels

Everyone chases after happiness, not noticing that happiness is right at their heels.

~ Bertolt Brecht

Squirrel from my walk - 09-24-11 - Deerfield Trail - Blacksburg, VA

My happiest moments are spent outside - breathing deeply of nature.

And A Big SHOUT OUT to SNAPPY DI - Click HERE to see the wonderful gift I won.

Thanks Snappy Di! I LOVE it!

Bunny Rabbit - Listen

If you do not express your own original ideas, if you do not listen to your own being, then you will have betrayed yourself.

-Dr. Rollo May

Well Balanced

If we could learn how to balance rest against effort, calmness against strain, quiet against turmoil, we would assure ourselves of joy in living and psychological health for life. - Josephine Rathbone

Finding a balance in life is quite the undertaking! I'm working on it!

(pic from the Autumn archives)

My First Mink

I'm not a doctor and I don't know the technical terminology, but I do know that sunshine activates our happiness glands.

~Jessi Lane Adams

I know that sunshine activates my happiness glands! We had lots of it yesterday. Our temps were in the mid 50s and it was a great day to be OUT. I spent a lot of the day walking around one of my favorite places, Bisset Park in Radford, VA. That's where I saw my first MINK! At first I thought it was a river otter but when I researched it further I realized it was a Mink

~ What a wonderful day ~

Sweet Expressions

“Of all the things you wear, your expression is the most important.”
Janet Lane

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