Atlas Moth - Wings of Wonder

Wherever life takes us, there are always moments of wonder.

~ Jimmy Carter

About the image: Taken June 2011 - Butterfly Conservatory - Georgia

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Spread Your Wings

About the image: Taken 01/21/12 - Hethwood Pond - Blacksburg, VA

Viceroy Butterfly - Velvet Wings

The true worth of a man is not to be found in man himself, but in the colours and textures that come alive in others.

~ Albert Schweitzer

About the Image: Taken 06-04-11 - Gateway Trail - Blacksburg, Virginia

Black Vulture - Caught in Mid Flap

Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness.

-James Thurber

Many times I hear these creatures before I see them. Their wings make a type of "woosh, woosh" sound as they fly overhead. Quite a thrill to hear!

Damselfly - Lady Blue Eyes

Few people get weak eyes from looking on the bright side. ~Unknown

Wishing a Happy Day to you All!

Textured Wings - Wings on Wednesday

There is nothing stronger in the world than gentleness.

Han Suyin

Green Bee Loaded with Pollen

Amazement awaits us at every corner.

~James Broughton

Green Bee (I think) loaded down with pollen.

Mockingbird Tightrope Walker - Friday Feathers

A well-developed sense of humor is the pole that adds balance to your steps as you walk the tightrope of life. ~William Arthur Ward

Scorpion Fly - Wednesday Wings

At bottom every man knows well enough that he is a unique being, only once on this earth; and by no extraordinary chance will such a marvelously picturesque piece of diversity in unity as he is, ever be put together a second time. ~Friedrich Nietzsche

Red Dragonfly - Holding On

A day is a miniature eternity.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

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

Dragonfly - Close-Up!

The Universe is one great kindergarten for man. Everything that exists has brought with it its own peculiar lesson. ~Orison Swett Marden

Hoping to see dragonflies soon! This is one from last summer -06-02-10 Deerfield Trail, Blacksburg, Virginia

Hummingbird Moth - Wednesday Wings

In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.
- Aristotle

Hummingbird Moth seen on my walk along the Huckleberry Trail 04-25-11

Blacksburg, VA - My FIRST sighting for 2011

Wednesday Wings - Content with Silence

When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence. ~Ansel Adams

First Hummingbird moth sighting of 2010 - April 19 - Huckleberry Trail - Blacksburg VA

Relish Small Pleasures

Think big thoughts but relish small pleasures.

~H. Jackson Brown, Jr

Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly - From the archives - August 2010 - Gateway Trail, Blacksburg VA

Wednesday Wings - Wings of Spring

Beautiful and graceful, varied and enchanting, small but approachable, butterflies lead you to the sunny side of life. And everyone deserves a little sunshine. ~Jeffrey Glassberg

My first butterfly "capture" for 2011. This was taken Monday 04/04/11. I had seen a few butterflies but hadn't been able to capture any with the camera. I must say that these lovely creatures really do bring sunshine into my life. In fact - this little guy was taken in a bit of shady area - but the sun came out and started shining on the very top of it's wings. Not sure you can see that in this shot - but it was quite a speical moment!

I am TERRIBLE at the ID on these little guys. I think it may be a Spring Azure.

Wednesday Wings - Honey From the Moment

I expect some new phases of life this summer, and shall try to get the honey from each moment. ~Lucy Stone

Winter, Spring, Summer, or Fall - I'm striving for the "honey from each moment".

Wednesday Wings - Creativity Is ...

(Taken at Bellpoint Park - Hinton WV)

Creativity is inventing, experimenting, growing, taking risks, breaking rules, making mistakes, and having fun. - Mary Lou Cook