All things share the same breath – the beast, the tree,the man, the air shares its spirit with all the life it supports. – Chief Seattle
A couple of views of my favorite wildflower.
Quote found at http://www.angelfire.com/ok/nightowlsgazebo/page8.html
Lots of these around in mid August.
These are noisy creatures – I love it!!
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.” –Mark Twain
Quick trip to DC for a conference. Need to brush up on taking pics with my old Panasonic point and shoot. Most came out awful. Lots a work little picture taking time – but here it is. View is National Harbor, MD on the Potomac River just outside of Washington DC.
Quote found at http://matadornetwork.com/bnt/50-most-inspiring-travel-quotes-of-all-time/
Still more attempts at Monochrome. Got a big tip from the web the other day – black and white mix sliders in Lightroom.
“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” Marcel Proust
I know that heron shots are very common, but I liked the lighting. Plus I am challenged into finding new ways to present one of the most common birds I shoot.
Quote found at https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/discovery
Early Morning
Limpkins are the other target species at the park. Here’s one about to eat an apple snail.
If people never did silly things, nothing intelligent would ever get done.- Ludwig Wittgenstein
The hawk is sitting on top of a palm snag among an epithetic fern – the brown spots on the leaves are spores.
Quote found at http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/32860.html
Picture This by Frank 