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
American Coot
Tennessee
Common Grackle
“The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.” ~Henry Ward Beecher
Hiding places
“The best hiding spots are not the most hidden; they’re merely the least searched.” ~Chris Pavone
Driving along the levee
Levee road along the Mississippi near Tiptonville, TN
Flock of red-winged blackbirds searching for grain
Eagle’s nest high in a tree
Foraging skunk
Duck blind and duck decoys
Landscape along the levee
Eagle nesting along the Mississippi river
Fox squirrel sitting in some trees
Barge going down the Mississippi
Mourning doves sitting on telephone lines
Sycamore tree
Deer running across a field
“Sometimes, the inessential is essential.” ~T. L. Rese
Joy
“… there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.” ~Christopher McCandless
A flurry of activity
Snow geese over Reelfoot Lake
“Plunge boldly into the thick of life, and seize it where you will, it is always interesting.” ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The log yard
This lumber company uses water sprayers to keep the logs wet while they are out in the yard, waiting to be cut. When the weather gets below freezing, this makes for a rather interesting sight.
Looking around
“As a rule, we find what we look for; we achieve what we get ready for.” ~James Cash Penney
Breaking the ice
“You never really know your friends from your enemies until the ice breaks.” ~Eskimo Proverb
Settling in for the winter
“The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but rising every time we fall.”—Nelson Mandela
walking on a country road 