“We need the tonic of wildness – to wade sometimes in marshes where the bittern and the meadow-hen lurk…” Henry David Thoreau
Hummingbird Moth / Bee Balm (last summer)
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Is it Spring yet?
“The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
One paperwhite, one dwarf iris, one yellow crocus. The daffodils are coming up, but no blooms yet. It won’t be long! I’m looking forward to green again. And dragonflies.
Toadally Cool
The sun is set; the swallows are asleep;
The bats are flitting fast in the gray air;
The slow soft toads out of damp corners creep,
And evening’s breath, wandering here and there
Over the quivering surface of the stream,
Wakes not one ripple from its summer dream.
–Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822)
I still can’t upload new photos, so this is a repeat. Actually he’s a frog.
Flower
“Expectation is the root of all heartache.” ~ William Shakespeare
I can’t upload pictures to word.press. The help suggestions didn’t help, unless it is my internet service. My pictures are my blog. I’m not a writer…
They are back!
The dragonflies are back. They make me smile. I haven’t started taking pictures yet. My camera quality is a bit embarrassing. I picked this one from the internet. : (
It took Spring a long time to get here, but it is making up for it now. I put a hummingbird feeder out and there was one within five minutes. The frogs, toads, skinks, and snakes are out. I have seen some turtles basking, but I haven’t had to move any off the road yet.
The daffodils are beautiful this year and my perennials are coming up. The trees are starting to get leaves and the dogwoods are just beginning to bloom. I try not to complain about Winter, but I am ready for Spring!
flying
“Be secret and exult.
Because of all things know
That is most difficult.” William Butler Yeats
Haikus:
Vultures in the sky.
Cloudless day for flying low.
Black against the blue.
Leigh M. 11/25/2018
A monarch flew by.
Why is it here in the cold?
Please find your way homeward soon.
Leigh M. 11/25/2018
It is hard to believe it has been two months since the monarchs emerged.
Pass it on
“The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is never of any use to oneself.” Oscar Wilde
My haiku for today:
I hear an eagle.
Please come where I can see you.
You are far away.
Leigh M.
Monet
“Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.” Pablo Picasso
“It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.” Leo Tolstoy
My haiku for today:
Eyes like the blue sky.
I will not see them again.
One moment in time.
Leigh M.
I’m Only Sleeping
“Sleep knits up the ravelled sleave of care,
The death of each day’s life, sore labor’s bath,
Balm of hurt minds, great nature’s second course,
Chief nourisher in life’s feast.”
William Shakespeare Macbeth
A haiku:
My cat is asleep.
What does he dream while I stare?
I want to be there.
Leigh M.
honesty?
“I have known a vast quantity of nonsense talked about bad men not looking you in the face. Don’t trust that conventional idea. Dishonesty will stare honesty out of countenance, any day in the week, if there is anything to be got by it.” ~ Charles Dickens ~
“We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.” ~Goethe ~
