“It is true, as they say, that the blossoms of spring are all the more precious because they bloom so briefly.” ~Murasaki Shikibu
Spring Blossoms
Month: May 2024
Lots of Turtles
“Do not let fear confine your life inside a shell of doubt; A turtle never moves until his head is sticking out.” ~ Charles Ghigna
Cloud Scenes
The sun provides the background, but the clouds paint the picture.
“Clouds are the sky’s imagination.” ~Terri Guillemets
“God’s cloud-scenes are for everybody everywhere. Some people can never afford to travel; the grandeur of the Alps, the loveliness of the lakes, are only imaginative dreams for them; and even those who visit such fair scenes merely get a hurried glimpse, and then they are back again amidst the turmoil of human life; but the sky is always overhead, and everywhere to be seen.” ~Alfred Rowland
Drawing Attention
This female Red-winged Blackbird was obviously drawing attention to herself. Sitting near the top of a cypress tree, swaying in the wind, her conspicuous behavior included raising her tail feathers and rapidly fluttering her wings, which she repeated over and over. In the distance, a male could be heard calling. My first thought was that she was trying to attract or communicate with a mate, but another thought might be a response to a predator within her nesting territory.
“I’m not strange, weird, off, nor crazy, my reality is just different from yours.” ~Lewis Carroll
walking on a country road 