The longer one lives, the more mysterious life seems.”- Francis Brett Young
Need help IDing this bird. It was pretty far away so this is a tight crop, but the red splash on it’s head really threw me.
Quote found at https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/unknown
This little fellow looks disturbed by someone taking his picture while he was grooming. Oops!
Maybe So, Maybe Not. – Ancient Taoist Proverb
Found the green heron sitting on a weir again. He seemed a bit annoyed at me.
Quote found at http://www.dreamthisday.com/quotes-sayings/zen/
“If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.” – Mark Twain
A good adage.
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The park is having a booth at the National Public Lands Day celebration at Bill Frederick Park on Turkey Lake, so I may be have to hit the archives this week. I’ll still have Sunday, maybe there will be lots to capture then.
“We try hard to preserve old furniture that our ancestors sat and slept in, but neglect the things that can never be replaced or even imitated.” John Kunkel Small
This quote is from the book From Eden to Sahara – Florida’s Tragedy written in 1929. John Kunkel Small was a botanist in the early 20th century who traveled in Florida and documented the plant life found there.
He wrote this book after seeing the destruction caused by digging canals and burning land to clear it. Fortunately we haven’t made it to Sahara yet. A lot of good things are going on like the wetlands purchases along the St Johns, efforts to return the Kissimmee River to its natural course among others, but there is a long way to go.
Wasn’t sure I could rescue this photo, but I like what it shows. We have a red shouldered hawk sitting on a dead palm tree that is supporting some sort of air plant. A polypod of some kind I think.
“To support your mother and father, to cherish wife and child, and to have a simple livelihood. This is the good luck.” – Buddha
The quote if for my brother, who is nearing the end of his journey.
Quote found at http://www.great-quotes.com/quotes/author/Buddha/
Sometimes I wonder.
Picture This by Frank 