“Being happy doesn’t mean everything’s perfect, it means that you decided to look beyond the imperfections.” ~Unknown
Water lilies
Large floating green leaves — Decked with white showy flowers — Resting on the lake
Flourishing in the humid weather
“And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places” ~ Roald Dahl
Fragrance
“As you walk down the fairway of life you must smell the roses, for you only get to play one round. ~Ben Hogan
A little glimpse of gold
“Hope” is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul
And sings the tune without the words
And never stops – at all.
~Emily Dickinson
Wonderful
“This world, after all our science and sciences, is still a miracle – wonderful, inscrutable, magical and more, to whosoever will think of it.” ~Thomas Carlyle
Looking out over the Mississippi
“Silently flows the river to the sea, and the barges, too, go silently.” ~Author unknown
Photos taken along the Mississippi River Levee near Tiptonville, TN
Down by the creek
“Old dark sleepy pool…
Quick unexpected frog
Goes plop! Watersplash!”
~Matsuo Bashō
Trees
“Trees are poems that the earth writes upon the sky.” ~Kahlil Gibran
Different, but alike
“I know there is strength in the differences between us. I know there is comfort, where we overlap.” ~Ani DiFranco
walking on a country road 