”Where flowers bloom so does #hope.” - Lady Bird Johnson

#bloomscrolling #CherryBlossoms #spring #PartialToPink #creationstruck #nature #NaturePhotography #SolaceInNature

Gorgeously graphic and vividly pink-legged, Black-necked Stilts are one of my favorite bird species. This female was foraging in a shallow marsh while her mate took his turn sitting on the nest.

#SilentSunday #birds #birding #nature #NaturePhotography #SolaceInNature #creationstruck #PartialToPink #BombayHook #DelightOverDarkness

A juvenile Roseate Spoonbill takes a break from its lunchtime foraging in a marsh along southern NC’s Intracoastal Waterway.

#SilentSunday #MarshMadness #birds #birding #nature #NaturePhotography #SolaceInNature #GoneToCarolinaInMyMind #PartialToPink

Roseate Spoonbill morning yoga.

#SilentSunday #MorningLight #MarshMadness #yoga #birds #birding #AirlieGardens #nature #NaturePhotography #SolaceInNature #GoneToCarolinaInMyMind #PartialToPink

“That which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet.” ~ William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet

#SilentSunday #ShakespeareSunday #February #bloomscrolling #rose #PartialToPink #pink #creationstruck #nature #SolaceInNature #DelightOverDarkness

Only sixty-four days until spring. Yes, I’m counting.

#FridayFlashback #bloomscrolling #birds #nature #NaturePhotography #SolaceInNature
#PartialToPink #DelightOverDarkness #TheWorldIsStillBeautiful

“To weep is to make less the depth of grief.” ~ William Shakespeare, Henry VI

#ShakespeareSunday #AllSoulsDay #remembrance #bloomscrolling #nature #NaturePhotography #SolaceInNature #PartialToPink #SabbathInTheWild

Just a bit wind-ruffled.

#birds #birding #RoseateSpoonbill #marsh #AirlieGardens #Swamptember #nature #NaturePhotography #SolaceInNature #DelightOverDarkness #PartialToPink

Just a bee in a sea of coneflowers.

#bees #BeKind #BeeKind #insects #summer #bloomscrolling #flowers #PartialToPink #nature #NaturePhotography #SolaceInNature

A pink-petalled water lily shines in dark water like a star in the midnight sky.

#SilentSunday #bloomscrolling #WaterLilies #flowers #Monet #PartialToPink #NaturePhotography #SolaceInNature #DelightOverDarkness