God gives every bird its food, but He does not throw it into its nest. ~J.G. Holland, American novelist and poet
Clever Miss Spider
Spinning a delicate web
To catch her dinner.
Note: This is my interpretation for the weekly Photo Challenge by Word Press. The idea is to take something familiar and make it look Out of This World. I took this shot early one summer’s morning after a particularly heavy dew (hence, the cottonball objects scattered throughout!).
Many of our fears are tissue-paper-thin, and a single courageous step would carry us clear through them. ~Brendan Francis, Irish poet and writer
Dallas here.
I have a bone to pick with my mama and that flute of hers.
Once you stop rushing through life, you will be amazed how much more life you have time for. ~Author Unknown
Chipmunk scurrying
Where ya goin’, Little Guy?
Too busy to talk.
Note: I’m participating in WordPress’s 2018 Photo Challenge. This week’s topic is A Face in the Crowd. I took this shot while visiting the Chicago Botanic Garden with my son a couple of years ago and this seems as good a chance as I might ever have to show it to you.
Deliciously sweet
Booze, mint, cream, and Oreos
St. Patrick’s Day treat
Note: I’m participating in the WordPress Photo Challenge for 2018. This week’s topic is Sweet, and you have until next Wednesday if you’d like to participate. For anyone interested in making this yummy Southern dessert called Grasshopper Pie, here’s one recipe.
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better. ~Albert Einstein
One of four “precious” gemstones (the others being Diamond, Sapphire, and Emerald), Ruby is red Corundum, an aluminum oxide mineral with chromium responsible for its rich, red color.
Considered by many to be the most powerful gemstone in the universe, Ruby ranges from an orangey-red to a purplish or brownish red. The most prized color is “pigeon’s blood,” pure red with a hint of blue.
Unheated rubies from Mozambique; photo from http://www.gemstoneuniverse.com
No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow. ~Lin Yutang, Chinese writer and inventor
I’ve been from coast to coast and north to south across these great United States, but I imagine that, despite its faults, Illinois always will hold a special place in my heart.
And since this week’s WordPress Photo Challenge is Tour Guide — what’s special about the place where we live — I’ve prepared a number of photos to show off some of the Land of Lincoln in its glory. If you click the first photo, you can view them as a slideshow. Please enjoy:
I love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting station, through which God speaks to us every hour, if we will only tune in. ~George Washington Carver, African-American botanist and inventor
Dallas was making a terrible barking racket yesterday morning. At first, I thought he’d cornered a squirrel, but then I caught sight of these migrating birds. Geese, perhaps?
Racing for the outside, I was stunned at how many there were filling the sky overhead, snaking their way to points northwest of here. And the noise they were generating! Well, listen for yourselves:
https://player.vimeo.com/video/254210788
Isn’t Nature amazing?!!
Musings by an ND Domer's Mom 