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Flourishing in the humid weather

August 16, 2013September 24, 2013 / Rebecca / Leave a comment

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“And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places” ~ Roald Dahl

Wonderful

August 13, 2013September 24, 2013 / Rebecca / 1 Comment

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“This world, after all our science and sciences, is still a miracle – wonderful, inscrutable, magical and more, to whosoever will think of it.”  ~Thomas Carlyle

Looking out over the Mississippi

August 9, 2013September 24, 2013 / Rebecca / 1 Comment

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“Silently flows the river to the sea, and the barges, too, go silently.”  ~Author unknown

Photos taken along the Mississippi River Levee near Tiptonville, TN

Down by the creek

August 8, 2013August 24, 2013 / Rebecca / Leave a comment

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“Old dark sleepy pool…
Quick unexpected frog
Goes plop!  Watersplash!”
~Matsuo Bashō

Trees

August 7, 2013October 25, 2013 / Rebecca / Leave a comment

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“Trees are poems that the earth writes upon the sky.”  ~Kahlil Gibran

Different, but alike

August 6, 2013September 23, 2013 / Rebecca / Leave a comment

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“I know there is strength in the differences between us.  I know there is comfort, where we overlap.”  ~Ani DiFranco

In a Hurry

August 5, 2013 / Rebecca / Leave a comment

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“I regret less the road not taken than my all-fired hurry along the road I took.”  ~Robert Brault

Shades of Blue

July 30, 2013 / Rebecca / Leave a comment

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“In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.”  ~John Muir

Mockingbird

July 24, 2013 / Rebecca / 1 Comment

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The Mockingbird (genus Mimus polyglottos) was declared the official State Bird of Tennessee in 1933.

Gone fishing…

July 22, 2013September 24, 2013 / Rebecca / 2 Comments

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“If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there’d be a shortage of fishing poles.”  ~Doug Larson

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