“We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us happy is something to be enthusiastic about.” – Einstein
Great Egret
Flying
Be like the bird in flight . . .
pausing a while
on boughs too slight,
feels them give way beneath her,
yet sings,
knowing yet that she has wings.
– Victor Hugo
Hangin by the Bat Box
“I have noticed that the people who are late are often so much jollier than the people who have to wait for them.” – Edward Verrall Lucas
I wonder if it’s coincidence or he’s hoping one of the bats fall out.
Quote found at https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/waiting
When will it blossom?
The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new lands but seeing with new eyes.
Common Tickseed
“I believe in the uncommon, the unusual and unlikely, even the miraculous. I believe in nearly all things except impossibilities. That I can’t fathom. ” – Richelle E. Goodrich
I don’t like it when the word common is used in the descriptor for something this beautiful.
Quote found at https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/uncommon
Muscovy Duck
Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; seek what they sought.
Morning Light
“Dream as if you’ll live forever, live as if you’ll die today.” – James Dean
Quote found at http://www.wakeupcloud.com/77-great-quotes/
Shoestring Fern
“Although our intellect always longs for clarity and certainty, our nature often finds uncertainty fascinating.” – Carl von Clausewitz
I’m trying to catalog the flora and fauna of Mullet Lake Park and came across this guy – is it a shoestring fern or a wild pine? I will have to wait until it flowers to tell for sure. In either case it is an epiphyte living on this palm tree.
Quote found at https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/uncertainty?page=2
Climbing the Pole
“Well done is better than well said.”- Benjamin Franklin
Quote found at http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~robins/quotes.html
Picture This by Frank 