~ Spring arrived and all was right with the world ~
Taken with my iPhone 03-31-12
Saturday
Friday
Free April 2012 Calendar
You should be able to click on the pic and download it
If for some reason it doesn't work - leave me a comment with your email and I will send you the Hi Res Version. I hope you ENJOY!
Thursday
Chickadee Behavior - Holding and Eating a Nut
Close up of the Carolina Chickadee holding a nut against the tree with his feet and taking a bite.
To know how other people behave takes intelligence, but to know myself takes wisdom. To manage other people's lives takes strength, but to manage my own life takes true power. If I am content with what I have, I can live simply and enjoy both prosperity and free time. If my goals are clear, I can achieve them without fuss. If I am at peace with myself, I will not spend my life force in conflicts. If I have learned to let go, I do not need to fear dying.
John Heider
John Heider
Wednesday
Great Blue Heron - Standing in the Sun
The sun lay like a friendly arm across her shoulder.
~Margorie Kinnan Rawlings
Tuesday
American Robin with Breakfast
“When you wake up in the morning, Pooh," said Piglet at last, "what's the first thing you say to yourself?"
"What's for breakfast?" said Pooh. "What do you say, Piglet?"
"I say, I wonder what's going to happen exciting today?" said Piglet.
Pooh nodded thoughtfully. "It's the same thing," he said.”
― A.A. Milne
Monday
Squirrel in the Blossoms
Live for the roots
Love the green
Dance with the blossoms
~Terri Guillemets
About the Image: Captured 03-21-12 - Mr Squirrel was eating the blossoms
Sunday
Wild Goose Chase
Did ye not hear it? - No; 'twas but the wind,
Or the car rattling o'er the stony street;
On with the dance! let joy be unconfined;
No sleep till morn, when Youth and Pleasure meet
To chase the glowing Hours with flying feet.
Saturday
Tiger in the Blossoms
Spring is when life's alive in everything.
~Christina Rossetti
Another FOYS - April 2012 - about a month earlier than last year.
Friday
Mourning Dove - Spring Blossoms
Trees in full bloom 03-21-12 - a few weeks earlier than normal
Never yet was a springtime, when the buds forgot to bloom.
—Margaret Elizabeth Sangster
Listen to their "Coo" - HERE
Thursday
Heron Drops His Fish
In order to succeed you must fail, so that you know what not to do the next time.
~Anthony J. D'Angelo
Tuesday
Singing Sparrow
“Something in the air this morning made me feel like flying. . . "
~Eileen Granfors
About the image: Taken 03-10-12 - Gateway Trail - Blacksburg, VA
Sunday
Bee and Bokeh - Spring Sights
“Is the spring coming?" he said. "What is it like?"...
"It is the sun shining on the rain and the rain falling on the sunshine...”
― Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden
For more Macro Monday shots - Visit Lisa - HERE
Eastern Towhee And His Song
All deep things are song. It seems somehow the very central essence of us, song; as if all the rest were but wrappages and hulls!
~Thomas Carlyle
About the Image: My first Eastern Towhee of Spring 2012 - Seen 03-17-12 Izaak Walton Park - Christiansburg, VA
A Link to the Eastern Towhee's Songs and Calls is - HERE
You can see more cool critters at Camera Critters - HERE
Saturday
Nuthatch hides a Nut - Bird Behavior
Have a very good reason for everything you do.
~Laurence Olivier
I watched while the White-breasted Nuthatch took a seed/nut - hid it behind some tree bark - and back he came for more. I don't recall him ever eating these as he took them - just hiding them. I guess he was saving them for later :)
Wishing you a Wonderful Day!
Thursday
Anywhere is Paradise
Anywhere is paradise; it's up to you.
~Unknown
About the image: My first ladybug sighting for 2012 - 03-14-12 - Gateway Trail, Blacksburg, VA
Wednesday
Tuesday
Bluebird Wings
To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.
– Oscar Wilde
Monday
Sunday
Light on the Leaves
A sensitive plant in a garden grew,
And the young winds fed it with silver dew,
And it opened its fan-like leaves to the light,
and closed them beneath the kisses of night.
~Percy Bysshe Shelley
Taken 03-11-12 - with iPhone and Olloclip macro lens
For more Macro Monday shots - Visit Lisa - HERE
Saturday
Friday
Thursday
Walking In Wonder
I walk the world in wonder.
~Oscar Wilde
I've been asked which comes first - the quote or the image. 99% of the time the image comes first - however - today I found this quote and it seemed to sum up exactly how I feel about walking in nature - It is ALWAYS a WONDER to me. So I searched in my archives to find something that would convey that - and this is what I found :) There is so much wonder out there if we take the time to look around.
Wishing you all a Day filled with WONDER!
Wednesday
Come on - Laugh With Me!
Not the most graceful heron - but he made me smile!
This was taken back in June of 2010 during our vacation in Pine Knoll Shores, North Carolina. This guy was at the North Carolina Aquarium.
Don't you find that everything seems a bit better when you smile :) It's so hard to be upset with a smile on your face or laughter in your voice.
So come on - Laugh with me - and get your smile on!
Connected
When people go within and connect with themselves, they realize they are connected to the universe and they are connected to all living things.
- Armand Dimele
Tuesday
Sometimes We Need A Helping Hand
Great opportunities to help others seldom come, but small ones surround us every day.
~Sally Koch
Monday
Sunday
I Hope This Makes You Smile
Little ducklings on the move ~ Always make me smile :)
Hope you have a Wonderful Day!
Hooded Merganser Couple
No road is long with good company.
~Turkish Proverb
Another walk down memory lane. I had to crop these really closely so they aren't the greatest of shots - and I guess that's why I didn't post them back in March of 2010 when I took them. My first and only sighting of Hooded Mergansers.
Saturday
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 :)
Visit Camera Critters - HERE - to see some Cool Critter shots.
Friday
Colt At Rest Among the Wildflowers
Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest we take between two deep breaths.
~Etty Hillesum
About the image: One from the archives taken back in May of 2009. It won't be long before we see the baby horses again. One of the highlights of the Spring/Summer here in Blacksburg.
Skywatch Friday - A Place to Watch the Sun Set
One of the most satisfying experiences I know is fully to appreciate an individual in the same way I appreciate a sunset. When I look at a sunset...I don't find myself saying, 'Soften the orange a litle more on the right hand corner, and put a bit more purple along the base, and use a little more pink in the cloud color...' I don't try to control a sunset. I watch it with awe as it unfolds.
Carl R. Rogers
My wish for today and everyday -
Allow me to appreciate each individual for who they are - and watch with awe as they "unfold".
For More Skywatch Shots - Visit Skywatch Friday - HERE
Thursday
Waking Up to the Song of Robins
Stay, little cheerful Robin! stay,
And at my easement sing,
Though it should prove a farewell lay
And this our parting spring.
Then, little Bird, this boon confer,
Come, and my requiem sing,
Nor fail to be the harbinger
Of everlasting spring.
—William Wordsworth
Waking up to Robin's song puts me in a good mood! Have you ever heard the morning song of a Robin? Click HERE for his beautiful music.
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