“Never lose an opportunity to see anything that is beautiful. It is God’s handwriting – a wayside sacrament. Welcome it in every fair face, every fair sky, every fair flower.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
Enjoying the view
Reelfoot National Wildlife Refuge
Trilling frogs
This little frog was camouflaged so well that I would have never seen him, had it not been for his loud melodic chirping. At one point, when the lake got very still and quiet, he was joined by a great chorus of frogs all singing at different frequencies and volumes, scattered throughout the greenery. It was a beautiful sound to the ears.
Later, as I was looking at the photos, I discovered that I had been so focused on the one vocal frog, that I had not noticed that there had been another quieter one hidden nearby (see the last two photos). 🙂
“If we can discover the meaning in the trilling of a frog, perhaps we may understand why it is for us not merely noise but a song of poetry and emotion.” ~Adrian Forsyth
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
American Coot
Go out, go out I beg of you and taste the beauty of the wild. Behold the miracle of the earth with all the wonder of a child.” ~Edna Jaques
Hiding places
“The best hiding spots are not the most hidden; they’re merely the least searched.” ~Chris Pavone
Settling in for the winter
“The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but rising every time we fall.”—Nelson Mandela
A duck
“When I see a bird that walks like a duck and swims like a duck and quacks like a duck, I call that bird a duck.” ~James Whitcomb Riley
A hiding place
One day while I was out walking, I came upon this turtle sitting in the middle of the path. He seemed quite confident that I couldn’t see him hiding there behind that little piece of grass.
“Muster your wits; stand in your own defense, Or hide your heads like cowards, and fly hence.” ~William Shakespeare
Wearing green
Turtle covered in duckweed at Reelfoot National Wildlife Refuge
Solitude
“I have never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude.” ~Henry David Thoreau
walking on a country road 