Spring fashion

The maple trees are decked out
in flashy red blooms
flaunting the return of spring.

Beauty and the beast

… Our thoughts are broadcasts of the soul,
not secrets of the brain
Kind ones bring us happiness;
petty ones, untold pain …
~Unknown

“Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.” ~Henry David Thoreau

“Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.” ~Proverbs 4:23 (NIV)

“The sun, the earth, love, friends, our very breath are parts of the banquet.” ~Rebecca Harding Davis

“Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.” ~Henry David Thoreau

“Nobody can be as agreeable as an uninvited guest.” ~Kin Hubbard

A few photos of a variety of birds in my back yard today.

“The gifts of nature are infinite in their variety …” ~Quintilian

Railroad bridge over the North Fork of the Obion River on a cold snowy day.

“The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which to burn.” ~David Russell