A rainbow of birds to celebrate this last day of #PrideMonth and remind us that inclusion, equality, compassion, and kindness matter every single day.

#LoveIsLove #MarriageEquality #rainbow #iridescent #birds #birding #nature #NaturePhotography #SolaceInNature #creationstruck #DelightOverDarkness

☕️ Coffee
🌸 Pink coneflowers
🕰️ Time with family

#ThreeGoodThings #bloomscrolling #flowers #FloraAndFauna #nature #NaturePhotography #SolaceInNature #PartialToPink

A moment of unusual repose for a Reddish Egret most often found whirling, twirling, leaping, and flaring its wings as it forages. #SilentSunday

#birds #birding #egrets #marsh #FloridaBirding #BlackPointWildlifeDrive #creationstruck #nature #NaturePhotography #SolaceInNature

Hmmmm … is it just me or does this Wood Stork look like the love child of a Black Vulture and a Great Egret?

#birds #birding #FloridaBirding #nature #NaturePhotography #SolaceInNature

Gallinule family time.

#birds #birding #fledglings #BabyBirds #FloridaBirding #OrlandoWetlands #marsh #nature #NaturePhotography #creationstruck #SolaceInNature

Dapper and focused. Love the flared tail. With their scarlet shoulder patches, breeding male Red-winged Blackbirds are always striking.

#birds #birding #blackbirds #bloomscrolling #marsh #FloridaBirding #OrlandoWetlands #nature #NaturePhotography #SolaceInNature

The Monday blues. Is there a better summer flower than the hydrangea?

#bloomscrolling #hydrangeas #flowers #flora #nature #NaturePhotography #SolaceInNature

“This is the solstice, the still point of the sun, its cusp and midnight ...” ~ Margaret Atwood

#solstice #SummerSolstice #SilentSunday #LightAndDark #lightstruck #creationstruck #birds #birding #RoseateSpoonbill #PartialToPink #nature #NaturePhotography #SolaceInNature

“Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate.” ~ William Shakespeare, Sonnet 18

#SilentSunday #ShakespeareSunday #summer #solstice #SummerSolstice #lightstruck #ocean #nature #NaturePhotography #SolaceInNature #creationstruck #GoneToCarolinaInMyMind