White is not a mere absence of color; it is a shining and affirmative thing, as fierce as red, as definite as black. God paints in many colors; but He never paints so gorgeously, I had almost said so gaudily, as when He paints in white. ~G. K. Chesterton
wildflower
Blue-Eyed Grass
I saw this whimsical Blue-Eyed Grass growing along the banks of the Hatchie River. Though it has grass-like foliage, it is actually a member of the Iris family. When each flower finishes blooming, it leaves a small round seed pod which resembles a tear.
“The method of nature: who could ever analyze it?” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
Butterweed
“A kind word is like a Spring day.” ~Russian Proverb
Wild Pink Rose
A wild pink rose with a tiny green grasshopper growing along the side of our country road.
“Some people complain because God put thorns on roses, while others praise Him for putting roses among thorns. ~Unknown
Goldenrod and aster
… the lands are lit
With all the autumn blaze
of golden rod,
And everywhere
the purple asters nod
And bend,
and wave
and flit …
~Asters and Golden Rod, by Helen Hunt Jackson
September wildflowers
I enjoy all the different colored wildflowers blooming along the roadside and in the fields during September.
“Those who see a different color, or hear a different note, or imagine a different story, have given the world its greatest gifts.” ~Linda Poindexter
Butterflies and thistle
There are prickles in life, and hard places to climb, but when you overcome these the view is simply breathtaking. ~Jennifer Gayle
Little bits of gold
“Happiness resides not in possessions and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.” ~Democritus
Variety
“By being yourself you put something wonderful in the world that was not there before.” ~Edwin Elliot
Along the lake’s edge
There’s music in the sighing of a reed;
There’s music in the gushing of a rill;
There’s music in all things, if people had ears;
Their earth is but the echo of the spheres.
~Lord Byron
walking on a country road 