Black rat snakes are beneficial to farmers because they help control the rodent population. This was one long snake!
Month: September 2013
Milo
“Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap … but by the seeds you plant!” ~Robert Louis Stevenson
Reflection
“There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.” ~Edith Wharton
Perky
“A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.” ~Lou Holtz
Misty morn
“I saw old Autumn in the misty morn stand shadowless like silence, listening to silence.” ~Thomas Hood
Harvest moon
“In the days before electric lights, farmers depended on bright moonlight to extend the workday beyond sunset. It was the only way they could gather their ripening crops in time for market. The full moon closest to the autumnal equinox became the Harvest Moon, and it was always a welcome sight.” ~Dr. Tony Phillips
The Swing
Swinging was one of my favorite outdoor activities when I was young. I had a rope swing (a little less fancy than this one) attached to a large oak tree. I remember feeling like I couldn’t go high enough. Sweet summertime memories!
“How do you like to go up in a swing,
Up in the air so blue?
Oh, I do think it the pleasantest thing
Ever a child can do!”
~Robert Louis Stevenson
Brown dragonfly
“Did you know that at the time of the dinosaurs, insects could grow to be huge? Some dragonflies could be as big as a hawk.” ~Paulette Morin
Purple Pickerelweed
“Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything that is beautiful; for beauty is God’s handwriting – a wayside sacrament. Welcome it in every fair face, in every fair sky, in every fair flower, and thank God for it as a cup of blessing.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
Damselfly
“We’re all only fragile threads, but what a tapestry we make.” ~Jerry Ellis
walking on a country road 