“To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment.” ~Jane Austen
Tennessee
Blue jay
“Everyone likes birds. What wild creature is more accessible to our eyes and ears, as close to us and everyone in the world, as universal as a bird?” ~David Attenborough
Lurking in the grass
Black rat snakes are beneficial to farmers because they help control the rodent population. This was one long snake!
Milo
“Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap … but by the seeds you plant!” ~Robert Louis Stevenson
Misty morn
“I saw old Autumn in the misty morn stand shadowless like silence, listening to silence.” ~Thomas Hood
Brown dragonfly
“Did you know that at the time of the dinosaurs, insects could grow to be huge? Some dragonflies could be as big as a hawk.” ~Paulette Morin
Purple Pickerelweed
“Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything that is beautiful; for beauty is God’s handwriting – a wayside sacrament. Welcome it in every fair face, in every fair sky, in every fair flower, and thank God for it as a cup of blessing.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
Damselfly
“We’re all only fragile threads, but what a tapestry we make.” ~Jerry Ellis
September
“The golden-rod is yellow;
The corn is turning brown;
The trees in apple orchards
With fruit are bending down…”
~Helen Hunt Jackson
Soybean
I guess the following quote could apply to soybeans as well:
“The grass is not, in fact, always greener on the other side of the fence. Fences have nothing to do with it. The grass is greenest where it is watered. When crossing over fences, carry water with you and tend the grass wherever you may be.” Robert Fulghum
