A Baltimore Oriole shared an Eastern redbud tree with a bumble bee at Croton Point State Park, NY.
Eastern Bluebird, Rockefeller State Park, Pocantico, New York.
Bay-breasted Warbler, Rockefeller State Park.
“Spring is nature’s way of saying ‘Let’s Party!'” – Robin Williams
Great Egret, Hillside Woods, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY.
Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Halsey Pond, Irvington, NY.
Hooded Warbler sits in the early morning light at Sterling Forest State Park in New York.
A Common Grackle, a Green Heron and a Killdeer were photographed near our home in Dobbs Ferry, New York.
“May you walk gently through the world and know its beauty all the days of your life.” – Apache blessing
“An attitude of wonder requires that we look anew at the familiar, that we stop taking the world around us for granted. An attitude of wonder acknowledges how little we really know. An attitude of wonder is essential if we are truly to experience the creation and the creator.” – Howard Zehr, The Little Book of Contemplative Photography
A Snowy Owl is spending time at Nickerson Beach on Long Island this Leap Day. Although they breed way up in the Arctic Tundra, these owls, on occasion, show up in unlikely places – like New York. We were sure to stay at least one hundred feet from the well-hidden bird, to be sure not to disturb it.
“Be still, and the earth will speak to you.” – Navajo Proverb
“Never let yesterday use up too much of today.” – Will Rogers
“Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.” – Melody Beattie
“Grace, growth, and gratitude. These are my highest aspirations.” — Gloria Arliss
“Never lose an opportunity to see anything beautiful, for beauty is God’s handwriting.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Sometimes I get nature to pray when I don’t have the words – I let a rushing river say my prayer. I let the mountain wind be my whisper. I let the chirping birds be my song. A day in nature is never wasted.” – Jared Brock from his book A Year of Living Prayerfully
