Herrerillo común - Cyanistes caeruleus

Pelophylax perezi - Rana común

Say not, "I have found the truth," but rather, "I have found a truth."

Say not, "I have found the path of the soul." Say rather, "I have met the soul walking upon my path."

For the soul walks upon all paths.

The soul walks not upon a line, neither does it grow like a reed.

The soul unfolds itself like a lotus of countless petals.

-- Kahlil Gibran

Stick Marsh at J M Goodwin-View large

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Mo gan shan, zhe jiang. China

One of the adult roseate spoonbills at Jefferson Island, Louisiana...... Rip Van Winkle rookery.

There is no season when such pleasant and sunny spots may be lighted on, and produce so pleasant an effect on

the feelings as now in October.

-- Nathaniel Hawthorne

平林寺

Shanghai Bund, China.

...as the days dwindle down to a precious few...

In joy or sadness flowers are our constant friends.

― Okakura Kakuzō

Underneath the Sugar Pines (with an ultrawide lens) - Batlow, NSW

Hippo in the Okavango Delta, Botswana

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© Thomas Retterath 2016

It was deep afternoon when shadows begin to grow, light becomes gold, and you realize that this particular day has reached its destiny. Like old age, it’s not yet over, but there’s no denying the time of day.

― Vicki Covington

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A drift of buttercups accent a density of green...

But I remember more dearly autumn afternoons in bottoms that lay intensely silent under old great trees.

-- C. S. Lewis

O sol nasce em Lisboa.

The sun rises in Lisbon.

Texel

A person should go out on the water on a fine day to a small distance from a beautiful coast, if he would see Nature really smile.

-- Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare

[Larger puts you there...]

Groningen

There is nothing in the world more beautiful than the forest clothed to its very hollows in snow. It is the still ecstasy of nature, wherein every spray, every blade of grass, every spire of reed, every intricacy of twig, is clad with radiance.

-- William Sharp

Cruising the spring shoreline offers a myriad of photo ops, the eye moving from spot to spot, the ear taking in the variety of sounds a wilderness provides. The challenge always becomes one of deciding which image of many deserves further attention after initial review...as well as keeping the canoe stable and in position for the shot. Here an example in which I tried to avoid ripples from the canoe while avoiding moving into the scene itself. (SOOC)

wish you all a great thursday

leave me a smile

just warm enough...

to spend a million

golden afternoons in.

― Sanober Khan

[Large seems nice]

It's still super cold on top of this mountain, but the sheep are shedding their winter coats..

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But don't let go

If you cling too tightly

You're gonna lose control.

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Picture taken september 7th 25020

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Cupido comyntas. Eastern tailed blue.