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Month: May 2014

White-crowned Sparrow

May 14, 2014 / Rebecca / Leave a comment

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“My crown is called content, a crown that seldom kings enjoy.”  ~William Shakespeare

Watchful walking

May 13, 2014 / Rebecca / Leave a comment

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I almost walked right into this garter snake before I eventually saw him.  He blended in with his surroundings quite well.

Black locust and a silver-spotted skipper

May 12, 2014 / Rebecca / 2 Comments

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” . . . but mostly, given another shot at life, I would seize every minute . . .
look at it and really see it . . . and never give it back.” ~Erma Bombeck

Tractors

May 9, 2014 / Rebecca / 5 Comments

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You haven’t truly visited West Tennessee until you’ve driven 25 miles an hour down a two lane highway behind a tractor.  🙂

Black Swallowtail

May 9, 2014 / Rebecca / Leave a comment

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“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

Orange Toad

May 7, 2014 / Rebecca / Leave a comment

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It is better to get laugh wrinkles than to get worry warts.  ~Unknown

 

A splash of blue

May 6, 2014 / Rebecca / Leave a comment

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“If you want to stand out, don’t be different. Be outstanding.” ~Meredith West

Preoccupied

May 5, 2014May 5, 2014 / Rebecca / Leave a comment

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… His beak is focussed; he is preoccupied,
looking for something, something, something.
Poor bird, he is obsessed! …
~Elizabeth Bishop

 

Ruffled Feathers

May 4, 2014 / Rebecca / Leave a comment

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“It is the character of a brave and resolute man not to be ruffled by adversity and not to desert his post.”  ~Marcus Tullius Cicero

Water snake

May 2, 2014May 12, 2014 / Rebecca / Leave a comment

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Long slithering snake
gliding over the water
Swiftly swimming by.

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