“Enough is as good as a feast.” ~Joshua Sylvester
Munching on the spring grass
Tennessee
Taking charge
As I was taking photos of some turtles sunning on a log, a Great Blue Heron boldly landed on one end of the log and very assertively began marching herself right down the middle of it, scattering the turtles as she went.
“Givers have to set limits because takers rarely do.” ~Irma Kurtz
Home sweet home
“Home, the spot of earth supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest.” ~Robert Montgomery
Bearded Iris
The town of Dresden, in Northwest Tennessee, has an Iris Festival on the first weekend in May. Part of the festival includes a flower show. Below are some photos from this year’s flower show as well as some of my favorite iris from around the area.
“A flower’s appeal is in its contradictions — so delicate in form yet strong in fragrance, so small in size yet big in beauty, so short in life yet long on effect.” ~Terri Guillemets
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
A cow and her calf
“There are no perfect parents and there are no perfect children, but there are plenty of perfect moments along the way.” ~Dave Williams
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
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
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
walking on a country road 