Dreams are the seedlings of realities.
~ James Allen
Bison, Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota 2010
Funny Friday
Spotted recently in SE Portland. Don’t you just want to meet this cat? Some neighborhood lady is missing her garden gloves, and some little boy is very sad because he can’t find his Batman cape.
08-17 Sol Shine
An inordinate passion for pleasure is the secret of remaining young.
~ Oscar Wilde
Sailboat at Sunset, Ventura, California 2014
08-16 Sol Shine
Expect nothing. Live frugally on surprise.
~ Alice Walker
Elk Fording River, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming 2008
08-15 Sol Shine
Dwell in possibility.
~ Emily Dickinson
Brown Pelican, Port Aransas, Texas 2006
08-14 Sol Shine
If your success is not on your own terms, if it looks good to the world but does not feel good in your heart, it is not success at all.
~ Anna Quindlen
Venus Flytrap, Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Folkston, Georgia 2007
Foot Paddling
It was a treat to watch this Western Gull (Larus occidentalis) foot paddling – a foraging behavior used in shallow water to kick up small prey, like Sand Shrimp. It seemed to be a very productive technique!
08-13 Sol Shine
Cats seem to go on the principle that it never does any harm to ask for what you want.
~ Joseph Ward Kruth
Wylie, Tucson, Arizona 2016
08-12 Sol Shine
You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don’t try.
~ Beverly Sills
Toad, Lake Bob Sandlin State Park, Pittsburg, Texas 2007
My Tiny Collection
Low tide served me several tiny sand dollar tests recently. My newest acquisitions:
My growing collection:
Thankfully they are so tiny, they don’t take up much room!
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