Whether you believe you can do a thing or not, you’re right.
~ Henry Ford

Military Macaw (Ara militaris), Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson, Arizona 2015
Whether you believe you can do a thing or not, you’re right.
~ Henry Ford

Military Macaw (Ara militaris), Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson, Arizona 2015
Since it still insists on acting like winter in some parts of the country…
Apricity: noun. The warmth of the sun in winter.
Beach, Lincoln City, Oregon 02-2018
There is no such thing on earth as an uninteresting subject; the only thing that can exist is an uninterested person.
~ G.K. Chesterton

Millipede, Petroglyph National Monument, Albuquerque, New Mexico 2006
It is better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.
~ Marilyn Monroe

Bobcat, Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson, Arizona 2014
To have the heart of a child is not a disgrace. It is an honor.
~ Ernest Hemingway

Girl Running, Ashland, Ohio 2009
The minute you choose to do what you really want to do, it’s a different kind of life.
~ R. Buckminster Fuller

Bison rolling, Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota 2010
A few treasures from the Spring Lake Trail near my house. The forest provides a pleasant reprieve from the windy beach.
He who lives in harmony with himself, lives in harmony with the universe.
~ Marcus Aurelius

Gila Woodpecker on Agave Bloom, Tucson, Arizona 2012

Spotted in a shop, Cannon Beach, Oregon 2017
Creativity takes courage.
~ Henri Matisse

Purple Martin Bird Houses, Fort Smith, Arkansas 2007