Isn't this a beautiful quote?
It's very simple and we've heard it all our lives but it still 'packs a punch'!
I am always excited when January rolls around. It's all about a new year and new beginnings (and most of you know that I just had a birthday).
We are taking advantage of the beautiful winter weather in Florida to make familiar hikes AND find some new trails.
I always like to see signs and stickers on vehicles. (I haven't been brave enough to put one on the Jeep but I will this year!)
The above mosaic is a sign with a Mockingbird on top, and honey bees on the flowers!
Doesn't it look like a tall gnome could live in this tall tree?
Eastern Bluebird, Flycatcher, Warbler
Let's look up close at the honey bee!
I hope you've seen something that made you smile this week!
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Luv today's quote Diane.
Oh and your Feverfew have bee pollinators.
In my yard the butterflies visit them.
HAPPY MONDAY
much love...
...and nature is a great gift.
Happy belated birthday dear lady. Oh yes! Life is surely a gift from our Lord. I try so hard not to take that for granite but I am sure that I do most often. I hope that your week is wonderful. Hugs and blessings, Cindy
We all need to remember that life is a gift. Thank you for the reminder!
we have those white weeds in our yard and leave them there for the bees and for me because I love the way they look. I once potted one and the thing lived and lived and got really beautiful. I thought about sitting it out by the curb and selling it to our Tourist. ha ha.. that swamp is beautiful, I love the way a swamp looks with all the trees in the water, trees are my thing and yes tht is a perfect home for a gnome.
Really ... It's a fantastisc quote. And there wonderful captures.
Happy MosaicMonday
Love your photos of the signs. Would you believe I have a Green Bay Packers sticker and a Ron Jon Surf Shop on the back window of my SUV. I need to get another Vietnam Vet sign-the old one got so raggedy I took it off. Working at the VA I really felt connected to so many of those vets. xo Diana
Beautiful collages! How nice to have a January birthday to begin the year on a good note. Keep exploring!
A smile just happened looking at your pictures. lol. The honey bee looks like it is wearing sunglasses.
Looks like a beautiful day hiking - love the bunny! You must have been cold this morning. I was and I'm further south of you. Hoping the temperature goes back up soon!
Aren't we fortunate to live in a place where "winter" can be so colorful and (most of the time) warming!
Your quote should be our anthem which is repeated every day.
Thank you for sharing so many beautiful images!
Life is a gift something I'm grateful everyday I wakeup
Always enjoy seeing your photos.
Beautiful birds, beautiful bees, beautiful wildflowers, beautiful Florida! Happy belated birthday!
Hello,
Yes, I love that quote. Your images are beautiful. The flowers and bluebirds make me smile. Take care, enjoy your new week!
What a lovely place and season!
I dig your wonderful attitude!
Yes indeed, life is a gift and it's up to us to live it to the fullest! I admire that about you, Diane, with your zest for life. Love the bees in the flowers. We saw an otter eating a crab at the water the other day and that made me smile.
Haha … that would be the perfect home for a gnome. A belated Happy Birthday to you! What a sweet photo of you as a child in the previous post. You're right. Life, itself, is the biggest gift of all. :)
It's so nice to see greenery. Things are very white here!
Diane - you are spot on! Life itself is a gift, and many of us have numerous blessings above and beyond just life. I try to remind myself on those rare days when I am in a crummy mood! I love the mockingbird picture! Thanks for linking to Mosaic Monday!
Beautiful post and happy birthday!
Your photos are always so great... but that last one with the bee on the flower is amazing! Have a blessed week and stay warm!! xo
Wishing you more Happy Birthday celebrations this month, Diane! I love the bumblebees--they look very happy visiting those pretty flowers. Stickers are a big hit here in Colorado. People put them on their cars and also on street poles and garbage cans, etc.
Love the bluebird.
Another Life is a gift quote but don't know who said it.
Life is a Gift from God.
What you do with it is your gift to God.
Such a happy post, Diane! Happy belated birthday. Each one is definitely a gift! Love the honeybee photo. Enjoy your hikes.
These are beautiful photos and happy birthday, Diana.
Life is a Gift from God. Lovely post.
Happy day to you!
Life is a gift if you are affluent in a modern society, with ample food, warmth and shelter. There are many in this world who would consider life a sentence to be served. There are those whose bodies are being broken on torture racks as we speak. You may detect that I despise these simplistic platitudes!
Beautiful sights on this walk -- and yes, I DO think a gnome might inhabit that tree!
What made me smile this week is seeing trees starting to bloom here. I love early signs of spring. Wish I was there to walk with you. xo Laura
I am late to the party--I do believe you have stumbled on to a wee "leprechauns" home there --not a gnome--leprechauns are a bit taller you see!!!
hugs, di
Oh yes, that quote is very special indeed.
As always, I enjoyed your photos.
Love, Carla
Oh yes, that quote is very special indeed.
As always, I enjoyed your photos.
Love, Carla
That last photo is so pretty, and you can almost see the eyes on the honey bee. Those are lovely white flowers. The bluebird is such a precious bird. I always smile when I see it. And I love that tall tree that the gnomes can live in. ; ) The quote is very special too. Have a good rest of the week, Diane.
~Sheri
That last picture of the bee made me smile, I mean you can see it's eye clearly. Just lovely.
And Happy Belated Birthday, my friend, sorry I missed it.
El paseo fue muy bonito. Besos.
Oh yes, Diane, this is a beautiful quote and a wonderful post, believe me, you've caught so much Beauty, as usual!
Happy belated Birthday, Dearie, and enjoy the remainder of your week
XOXO Daniela at ~ My little old world ~
Beautiful photos! You have a super day, hugs, Edna B.
did i wish you a happy birthday?? if i didn't happy birthday!!
awesome images today, very pretty colors!! life is a gift!!
oooooh and i don't love bumper stickers!!
i forgot to say how pretty the bluebird is....and i don't like bumper stickers because they tear and or fade and i don't like that look!!
Belated Happy Birthday and here's my wish for many, many happy returns! Always lovely photos a treat for my eyes this time of year when everything is white out there!
You got some beautiful shots! The Eastern Bluebird is delightful!
I do like that quote.
Thank you for all the lovely photographs/mosaics.
All the best Jan
Hello Diane,:=) An uplifting post with such pretty pictures. We are lucky people to live in beautiful nature filled places, and I never take anything for granted. I don't use stickers on my car,...because I haven't got one, he he :=))
I love the bee on the blossom and all of the photos! Just gorgeous. Maybe get a rubber ducky sticker for your Jeep!
Love seeing what you find on your walks. Your winter looks like our fall! Take care, Diane!
Those are some beautiful photos! Makes me long for spring. Oh I love the gnome tree!! :)
Hi Diane, This quotation is so true and truth be known, I appreciate it more and more the older I get. :-) Enjoyed all your photos. John
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