Summer Pathway

Adopt the pace of nature: Her secret is patience.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson 

Joy For Weary Hours

Yes, in the poor man's garden grow 

Far more than herbs and flowers— 

Kind thoughts, contentment, peace of mind, 

And joy for weary hours.

~ Mary Howitt 

Wildflowers

 Very little grows on jagged rock. Be ground. Be crumbled, so wildflowers will come up where you are.

~  Rumi

Thirsty Three and a Bonus

Three critters sharing thistle.

I found this little guy...and I do mean little.
He was the size of my thumbnail.
I LOVE finding the "amazingness" in nature :) 

The Journey is Revealing

I am no longer afraid of becoming lost, because the journey back always reveals something new, and that is ultimately good for the artist.

~  Billy Joel

Morning Dew

 The world of dew 

 is the world of dew. 

And yet, and yet--

~ Kobayashi Issa

Welcome Every Morning With A Smile

 Welcome every morning with a smile. Look on the new day as another special gift from your Creator, another golden opportunity to complete what you were unable to finish yesterday. Be a self-starter. Let your first hour set the theme of success and positive action that is certain to echo through your entire day. Today will never happen again. Don't waste it with a false start or no start at all. You were not born to fail.
~Og Mandino

Heaven in a Wildflower

Looking down inside a Blue Chicory Wildflower

A closer look :)

To see the world in a grain of sand
and heaven in a wildflower,
hold infinity in the palm of your hand
and eternity in an hour.
-  William Blake 

More info on this wildflower found - HERE


 

The Spreading of a Wing

 My turn shall also come: 

I sense the spreading of a wing.

~ Osip Mandelstam

A Fence for Faye

I added a texture to this photo.

click on pic to get the full effect

Faye of Faye's Photos: http://fayepfotos.blogspot.com/

and Wildlife Safari: http://fayeswildlifefotos.blogspot.com/

has inspired me to take some Fence pics.

Mine did not turn out HALF as good as hers, but here is a shot

dedicated to her :)

ALSO - she tagged me...

Four places I visit over and over:

Izaak Walton Park, Bisset Park, Deerfield Trail, and The Huckleberry Trail

People who email me:

My sister, my hubby, my daughter, and June :)

Places I'd rather be:

Sitting on my deck watching the birds, hunting for the perfect sunrise, visiting my parents and spending as much time as I can with them in their golden years

Movies I'd watch over and over (and I do)

The Dish, Kelley's Heroes, Contact, October Sky, Star Wars (the first three), The Full Monty, Awakenings,

Bands I Listen to most

Simon and Garfunkel, Matchbox 20, Elton John, Billy Joel, The Hollies, The Association, Semisonic, Emmy Lou Harris, Eagles,

I'm not much of a tagger, but if you want to play, I'd love to see

your responses.

Happy Saturday Everyone!

Skywatch Friday

Clouds at Bluestone Lake in West Virginia.

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Happy Friday Everyone!

The New River - Bisset Park

Do all the good you can. By all the means you can. In all the ways you can.

In all the places you can. At all the times you can. To all the people you can.

As long as ever you can.

John Wesley

This quote doesn't really go with this picture....but It is one of my favorites.

Happy Thursday Everyone!

Wordless Wednesday - Summer Blues

Flowers... are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty

outvalues all the utilities of the world. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

To participate in Wordless Wednesday:

http://www.wordlesswednesday.com/

Happy Wednesday Everyone!

Don't Miss It

Come quickly. You mustn't miss the dawn. 

It will never be just like this again. 
~ Georgia O'Keeffe

Bluestone Lake

Bluestone Lake - Hinton, West Virginia

For more info on Bluestone Lake:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluestone_Lake

Thirsty Bee

~

A firm grasp on the petal

thirty bee will drink

carrying

the sweetness of nature

when he departs

~

Little Bend Tunnel - Talcott, West Virginia

 As a youngster I walked along these tracks and sometimes

would sneak into that dark tunnel.

Of course I would make sure there were no trains coming.

Looking back on that, it was probably a very stupid thing to do!

This is the tunnel in Talcott West Virginia, near where I grew up.

It is the sister to the tunnel (which is beside this one)

that John Henry worked on. Do you know the legend of John Henry?

He really isn't a legend where I grew up...we think he was real and that

he really DID beat that steam drill.

See More about John Henry - HERE

Skywatch Friday - Clouds

We had some storms blow through today...and the left some blue

sky and some really puffy clouds.

These look like they are rising out of the ground.

To Join in the fun of Skywatch Friday

visit the Skywatch blog

http://skyley.blogspot.com/

Happy Friday Everyone!

CHOO CHOO

~
Sounds through the air
bring comfort
heart vibrations 
~ Quite the departure from pics I normally post :)

I like trains. I grew up in an area of trains...not within "seeing"

distance...but within hearing distance.

The train whistle and the chug going down the tracks

was ALWAYS a comforting sound.

I still LOVE to hear it!

Monarch Butterfly - Wings Wide Open

 Every artist dips his brush into his soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures. 
~ Henry Ward Beecher

Focused On The Destination

~

With focus 

His destination 

Blue Petals

~ 

Realize Your Potential

~ Realize Your Potential ~

Camera Critters

Sometimes, my pictures just don't come out clear or crisp enough.

When that happens, I play around with them to see what

I can come up with.
This is a male hummingbird at the feeder.

This is my very first Belted Kingfisher.
I was too far away for the shot to come out very clear...but
I was able to salvage it a bit by enhancing it with some
filters in Photo Shop Elements 5.

For More Camera Critters Visit
or to join in on the fun,
visit Misty at: http://camera-critters.blogspot.com/

Simplicity in the Grasses

 A blade of some type of grass...that for some

reason I am drawn to. There is nothing

particularly unique about this grass...I just like it :)

I have not edited the background in this at all.

I was shooting it with a pond as the background...and this is the way it turned out.

Some have asked about whether the quotes come first or the pictures...

99% of the time it is the picture first...for me.

The picture is my creative outlet... and I try to find a quote or poem that goes

along with what I'm feeling about the shot.

Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

~
even the grasses
they make the most
of what they have
we can learn a lot
from nature 
~  

Blogger Problems

I'm not sure if anyone else is having problems....but i keep getting an error that says:

Internet Explorer cannot open the site: http://thesunriseofmylife.blogspot.com.

And then it says operation aborted.

I do see that blogger has a note about some sites being labeled spam incorrectly.

I don't know if that is the problem with mine or not.

Skywatch Friday - The First Day of August

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Happy Friday Everyone!