Favorite Quotes

Favorite Quotes

FAVORITE QUOTES

"Live as if you were going to die tomorrow; learn as if you were going to live forever." -- Mahatma Gandhi
"Life is a banquet - and most poor suckers are starving to death." Rosalyn Russell as Auntie Mame
"A bubbling brook will lose it's song if you remove the rocks." --unknown
"Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit still." -- Will Rogers
"Wisdom is divided into two parts; having a great deal to say, and not saying it." -- unknown
"Always do right. That will gratify some people and astonish the rest." -- Mark Twain
"We cannot change the wind, but we can adjust the sails." -- German proverb
"Preserve your integrity - it is more precious than diamonds or rubies -- P.T. Barnum
"Life is a great big canvas; throw all the paint on it you can." -- Danny Kaye
"In a world where you can be anything, be yourself." -- unknown
"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched.
They must be felt with the heart" -- Helen Keller
"Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass, it's about dancing in the rain." -- unknown
"The drumbeat in your blood is the voice of your ancestors. Let the drum speak"
-- from Let the Drum Speak, a book by Linda L. Shuler
"To succeed in life you need three things; a wishbone, a backbone, and a funny bone'." -- Reba McIntire

Tuesday, August 3, 2021

Life's Little Surprise Moments

This evening I was in the backyard playing with my camera; photos of my dog, some of the wildflowers, and trying to get some photos of the beautiful RED sun (it's the only positive of the wildfires, the smoke does make for some amazing sunsets!) 

I wandered over to the part of the yard where the bluebells are taking over, thinking I really should come out here this weekend and pull a bunch of these out. Then I noticed all of the bees on them, crawling into the flowers for the nectar. I sat down and tried to get some photos of the bees inside the flowers, when a movement caught my eye. I looked up from behind the camera to see - not four or five feet from me - a hummingbird!  I’ve never seen them out here in these flowers before, or maybe I just haven’t been paying attention!  A female I think, or one of this year’s hatchlings. I sat and watched her, and took a number of photos, for about ten minutes before she flew off. What a thrill!  

 


 And the bluebells?  Yeah, they’re staying right where they are.

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