“I take a simple view of living. It is, keep your eyes open and get on with it.” ~Sir Laurence Olivier
Brown Thrasher
nature
End of the day
“You have to work hard at being happy, just like you have to work hard at being miserable. I wake up every day expecting all to be good and right. And if it’s not, I set my mind to making it so by the end of the day.” ~Dolly Parton
Thoughts on vultures
Vultures are fascinating birds. On the ground, their wrinkled, featherless heads, grayish white legs and large, flat feet give them quite an awkward and uncomely appearance.
But in the air, they are absolutely stunning birds as they circle majestically over the farm fields, riding the thermals and looking for food. They soar and glide with elegance and style. It’s hard to reconcile the fact that such an inelegant looking bird on the ground could look so graceful in the air.
“Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is.” ~Francis Bacon
Breakfast!
“Oh, if you’re a bird, be an early bird
And catch the worm for your breakfast plate.
If you’re a bird, be an early bird –
But if you’re a worm, sleep late.”
~Shel Silverstein
Sensing danger
“Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold.” ~Helen Keller
Cramer’s Silver-drop Skipper
“What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls the butterfly.” ~Richard Bach
Sun going down, Moon coming up
On our walk last night we watched the warm sun sinking in the western sky as the full moon climbed slowly above the newly tilled farm fields to the east. Both were stunning sights.
“We live on a blue planet that circles around a ball of fire next to a moon that moves the sea, and you don’t believe in miracles?” ~Unknown
Great Egret
“None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
Hummingbird on a Weigela shrub
“Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.” ~Mother Teresa
Jumping off the log
“New habits can be launched … on condition of there being new stimuli and new excitements.” ~William James
walking on a country road 