” … even the insects in my path are not loafers, but have their special errands.” ~Henry David Thoreau
Honey bee
Passing through
“Why, then, do we dread the clouds which now darken our sky? True, for a while they hide the sun, but the sun is not quenched; He will shine out again before long. Meanwhile those black clouds are filled with rain; and the blacker they are, the more likely they are to yield plentiful showers. How can we have rain without clouds?” ~C. H. Spurgeon
Flowering crabapple
Flowering crabapple
Flowering crabapple
“For You, O Lord, have made me glad by Your work; at the deeds of Your hands I joyfully sing.” Psalm 92:4
Eastern phoebe
A little bird, within a tangled wood,
Sang sweetly to the forest solitude;
From matin hour to vesper time it sang —
Until the leafy woodland spaces rang
With such a chorus of ecstatic glee
That all the world seemed pulsing harmony …
~Robert Frost
Higher ground
Reelfoot Lake and the Mississippi River were at flood stage this past weekend. This had some of the little critters scrambling for a dry spot on higher ground.
Flooded campground at Reelfoot Lake
Duck on a campground picnic table
Turtles along the Mississippi
Fox squirrel
Mississippi River overflowing
Turtles along the Mississippi
My heart has no desire to stay
Where doubts arise and fears dismay;
Tho some may dwell where these abound,
my pray’r, my aim, is higher ground.
~Johnson Oatman, Jr.
Maple blossoms
“Spring shows what God can do with a drab and dirty world.” ~Virgil A. Kraft
Great Blue Heron
These heron were doing some serious fishing out on flooded farm land near the Mississippi River. They crept along slowly … watching … listening … and then striking with lightening speed. Each strike was generally rewarded with a tiny silver fish.
Great blue heron
Great blue heron
Great blue heron
Great blue heron
Great blue heron
Great blue heron
Great blue heron
Great blue heorn
“The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope.” ~John Buchan
Daffodils
“No matter how long the winter, spring is sure to follow.” ~Unknown
An eagle in the clouds
During one of our recent walks, my husband pointed out this cloud formation that looked like an eagle’s head. It only lasted long enough to get a few shots before the higher winds swept it away.
~The clouds are always improvising, but the culprit is the wind.” ~Unknown
Empty nests
“I will protect you until you are grown, and then I will let you fly free. But loving you, that is for always.” ~Charlotte Gray
walking on a country road 