moonflower

tiny flower

I found these tiny yellow flowers in our garden today...aren't they cute?

a whisper

There's a whisper on the night-wind, there's a star agleam to guide us
And the Wild is calling, calling . . . let us go.

-Robert W. Service

{Revisiting some old files tonight...this image was taken in June when our peonies were in full bloom.}

sea green (and a little secret...)

PSST! Today is the last day to vote for your favorite shop over on Paper and Stitch! Paper and Stitch is an online exhibition site chock-full of beautiful, affordable art, and it has been an honor and a pleasure to have my photographs included in the current exhibition. If you have a few moments today, please stop by and give out a few "hearts"...the shop that receives the most will win a little prize! ;o}

Happy Friday!

alight

"Just living is not enough," said the butterfly, "one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower." ~Hans Christian Anderson

;o)

daisy morning

We meet thee, like a pleasant thought,
When such are wanted.

-William Wordsworth

poetry

take this poem

buttercup

petals velvet, simple

face up to the sun

curved to hold rain--

look in, all's clear--

wheel of lacy yellow dust

the green exclamations.

-Mary Dalton

flower fairy

;o}

daisy time

"See, the grass is full of stars,

Fallen in their brightness;

Hearts they have of shining gold,

Rays of shining whiteness..."

-Marjorie Pickthall

secret names

"After he was quiet a long time, words began to come to him in dreams & told him their secret names & this was the way he learned the true nature of the world." -Story People

"Slip the boundaries of time and float free in the infinite." -Ian Burgham

vintage sunshine

"Keep your face to the sun and you will never see the shadows." -Helen Keller

dreamy

I apologize for my monotonous subject matter over the past two weeks, but I have been endlessly inspired by our peonies this year. The soft pinks and whites, the buttery texture of the petals, the way the morning light seems to illuminate them ever so perfectly...

What has been inspiring you lately?

away

grateful

"Let us be grateful to people who make us happy;
They are the charming gardeners
who make our souls blossom."

-Marcel Proust

the light is all

"From within or from behind, a light shines through us upon things, and makes us aware that we are nothing, but the light is all." -Ralph Waldo Emerson

open

"If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change." -Buddha

softly

misty morning

in my garden...

"In my garden there is a large place for sentiment. My garden of flowers is also my garden of thoughts and dreams. The thoughts grow as freely as the flowers, and the dreams are as beautiful." -Abram L. Urban