I thank you God for most this amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of trees, and for the blue true dream of sky and for everything which is natural, which is infinite, which is yes.
~~e. e. cummings
Just a few of the things right outside my door that I thank God for:
The way the chipping sparrow throws its head back when it sings,
The swallowtail alight on the lilacs,
Pussywillows,
The exuberance of the mockingbird who sings in the dead of night,
The Great Crested Flycatcher who’s nested again in our ramshackle birdhouse,
Our neighbor’s wildflower meadow,
And toads. I especially thank you, God, for toads.
(A belated Happy Birthday to my beloved son Benjamin, whom I also especially thank God for. He’s not a teenager any more!)
May 28, 2009 at 10:15 am |
All these pictures are just amazing! I love the toads! They are my favorites. Happy Birthday to your son. I feel I have so much to be thankful for, too. All we have to do is just look around us. God paints such a beautiful picture for us.
May 28, 2009 at 10:23 am |
Even that is something to thank God for.
May 28, 2009 at 11:05 am |
Yes indeed! This post is testament to both the glory of God and your talent as a photographer; you can even take a stunning portrait of a warty toad! The chipping sparrow photo is marvelous and makes me want to throw back my head and sing too! I love you and can’t wait to see you.
May 28, 2009 at 1:02 pm |
The toads are lovable! Wonderful photos, wonderful world, and as Jacob said “Surely the Lord is in this place and I did not know.” Oh, and thank you, God, for ee cummings. And Beth.
May 28, 2009 at 1:23 pm |
Yes! Yes! Yes!
GREAT toad photos (and the rest, too, but especially the toads). I can just imagine you down in the grass to get that toad’s eye view!
May 28, 2009 at 7:25 pm |
Wonderful spring pictures…especially love that happy little bird singing in the top one!
May 29, 2009 at 6:20 am |
So much to be thankful for indeed! A belated Happy Birthday to Benjamin!
May 29, 2009 at 7:25 am |
Those are great shots. I am so glad God brought a camera into your life.
May 29, 2009 at 11:58 am |
Love the flycatcher one.
May 30, 2009 at 6:13 pm |
It has rained every day for the last 10 days! 8″ so far in my rain gauge – we desperately needed rain and now we have it. I thank God for that. Mushrooms are pushing up everywhere, the bees are busy gathering nectar, and the birds are huddled down, taking shelter from the rain and lightning. We have Great Crested Flycatchers down here also, but I’ve never seen one of their nests. And, of course, mockingbirds. Since the great citrus canker scare and the destruction of so many citrus trees, our swallowtail population has plummeted, for citrus trees are the larval food of swallowtail butterflies down here. My favorite picture is the one of the gorgeous wildflowers – we don’t have any native plants that are so colorful. God does, indeed, work in mysterious ways!
May 30, 2009 at 10:33 pm |
Hi Beth, Happy Belated Birthday to Benjamin… He is growing up WAY too fast, isn’t he????
Love all of your pictures. That butterfly is gorgeous–and of course, so are the little birdies and the flowers —and LIFE… We all are thankful for so much!!!!
We got home this evening and had a wonderful couple of days in the North Carolina mountains.
Hugs,
Betsy
June 5, 2009 at 11:42 am |
These give me chills. I wouldn’t kiss that frog!
June 8, 2009 at 8:24 pm |
I love the pictures. The toad is my favorite. I can’t imagine being eye level with a toad.
June 16, 2009 at 7:53 am |
Oh you are a kindred spirit..I love toads too. We have LoTS of them here..and sometimes I see the babies ..way too small to
even try to pick up..
smiles, Deena