“It gives one a sudden start in going down a barren stoney street to see upon a narrow strip of grass just within the iron fence the radiant dandelion shining in the grass like a spark dropped from the sun.” ~Henry Ward Beecher
Tennessee
Rows of Corn
A light wind swept over the corn, and all nature laughed in the sunshine. ~Anne Bronte
Field of Sunflower
“I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers.” ~Claude Monet
Marina – Paris Landing State Park, Buchanan, Tennessee
“Everything has beauty but not everyone sees it.” ~Confucius
Passion Fruit
“It is your passion that empowers you to be able to do that thing you were created to do.” ~T. D. Jakes
Birds In Silhouette
Birds are the most popular group in the animal kingdom. We feed them and tame them and think we know them. And yet they inhabit a world which is really rather mysterious. ~David Attenborough
Turtle
Turtle posing for a picture at Reelfoot Lake State Park.
Honey bee
“Bees…feet are dusted with spices from a million flowers.” ~Ray Bradbury
Honeysuckle and Trumpet Vines
The smell of honeysuckle is in the air!
Crawdad Mounds
These little mud towers can be seen in the moist ditches along the road. As burrowing crawfish dig holes, they bring mud balls up to the surface and form these earthen chimneys. Sorta makes you want to break out in song…
John Hartford Stringband – The Crawdad Song
walking on a country road 
