A few treasures from the Spring Lake Trail near my house. The forest provides a pleasant reprieve from the windy beach.
04-14 Sol Shine
He who lives in harmony with himself, lives in harmony with the universe.
~ Marcus Aurelius

Gila Woodpecker on Agave Bloom, Tucson, Arizona 2012
Funny Friday

Spotted in a shop, Cannon Beach, Oregon 2017
04-13 Sol Shine
Creativity takes courage.
~ Henri Matisse

Purple Martin Bird Houses, Fort Smith, Arkansas 2007
04-12 Sol Shine
Listen with ears of tolerance! See through the eyes of compassion! Speak with the language of love.
~ Rumi

Leaf, Lincoln City, Oregon 2018
Wordnesday
Frondesce: verb. The unfurling of leaves. As in, the fern was frondescing.

Furled fern frond, Lincoln City, Oregon 2018
04-11 Sol Shine
How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.
~ Annie Dillard

Bark, Lake Bob Sandlin State Park, Texas 2007
04-10 Sol Shine
Keep some room in your heart for the unimaginable.
~ Mary Oliver

Yellow-bellied Marmot, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado 2010
04-09 Sol Shine
Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts.
~ Albert Einstein

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck family, Cooper Lake State Park, Texas 2007
04-08 Sol Shine
It’s never too late to be who you might have been.
~ George Elliot

Dragonfly, Sweetwater Wetlands, Tucson, Arizona 2011