CB&W: Flight
18 Wednesday Nov 2020
Posted in Photography
Tag Archives: nature
Wilderness Wednesday: Fall Jewels
28 Wednesday Oct 2020
Posted in Photography
On the motionless branches of some trees, autumn berries hung like clusters of coral beads, as in those fabled orchards where the fruits were jewels . . .
Charles Dickens
Happy Wednesday!
Wilderness Wednesday: Bird is the Word
21 Wednesday Oct 2020
Posted in Foolishness, Photography
A-well-a don’t you know, about the bird?
Well, everybody knows that the bird is the word!
A-well-a bird, bird, b-bird’s the word
– Surfin’ Bird, The Trashmen
Happy Wednesday!
Thanksgiving Blessing
12 Monday Oct 2020
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#whatsinmycup, blessing, Fall, nature, picnic, tea, thanksgiving, whatsinmycup
Lord, make us truly thankful all your blessings,
and bless those who sip tea with me today.Amen
Happy Thanksgiving!
Wilderness Wednesday: Squirrel!
06 Tuesday Oct 2020
Posted in Foolishness, From Friends
If you like affection, one in three squirrels makes an excellent companion. – Bernhardt GoetzHappy Wednesday!
Wilderness Wednesday: Golden Sunsets
23 Wednesday Sep 2020
Posted in Photography
Bursts of gold on lavender melting into saffron. It’s the time of day when the sky looks like it has been spray-painted by a graffiti artist.
Mia Kirshner, I Live Here
Happy Wednesday!
Wilderness Wednesday: Monarch
02 Wednesday Sep 2020
Posted in Photography
Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you. – Nathaniel Hawthorne
Happy Wednesday!
Wilderness Wednesday: Mud Between the Toes
22 Wednesday Jul 2020
Posted in Foolishness, Photography
Growing up, I liked to look at my Mom had a Golden Book of Poetry. My favourite poem was this one:
Mud is very nice to feel
All squishy squashy between the toes.
I’d rather wade in wiggly mud
Than smell a yellow rose.Nobody else but the rosebush knows
How nice mud feels
Between the toes.– Polly Chase Boyden
While this little guy doesn’t resemble a blond pig-tailed girl with rosy cheeks in a pink sundress, I think he shares her sentiment. Cool, sticky mud between the toes.
Dad noticed him and knocked on the window. I had to creep into my Mom’s garden, barefoot and still wearing my nightshirt, to take pics, so I got to enjoy the mud too! 🙂
It’s supposed to rain today. I wonder if anyone else will play in the mud?
Happy Wednesday!
Wilderness Wednesday: Alfalfa Butterfly
08 Wednesday Jul 2020
Posted in Photography
Yesterday afternoon, I sat (inside) watching 2 white cabbage butterflies and 1 alfalfa butterfly dancing in the sun. They both looked like tissue paper tied to a string that was being jerked by an unseen puppeteer. They rarely sit, preferring to flit along the surface of the ground.
I ventured out with my camera, sweat running down my back, and my patience paid off.
The alfalfa or orange sulfur butterfly is identified by a small dark mark on the upper wing, which rounds into an oval spot. Â They are found in fields, along roads and in residential gardens.
Butterflies are not insects,’ Captain John Sterling said soberly. ‘They are self-propelled flowers. -― The Cat Who Walks Through Walls
Happy Wednesday!
Wilderness Wednesday: Backyard Butterfly
24 Wednesday Jun 2020
Posted in Photography
This little fellow quite enjoyed my lilac tree earlier this week. He (or she) is a common angle wing butterfly, possibly an eastern comma or gray comma butterfly. Markings for both make it difficult to identify without seeing it with its wings closed. This butterfly is gray and brown when its wings are closed, but brightly coloured when opened. This guy has had a close brush with a predator – note the ragged back wings.
Just living is not enough’, said the butterfly, ‘one must have sunshine, freedom and a little flower.’ Hans Christian Anderson
Happy Wednesday!
