Thursday, November 23, 2023

Gratitude, each and every day!


 I've always known I am blessed and I live my life thankful for all of my blessings every day of my life. 


I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving week and spend some time doing things you enjoy with someone you love. 


I'll share some photos we've taken this past week on the Marjorie Harris Carr Cross Florida Greenway.


There are still lots of wildflowers blooming with butterflies fluttering!


It's a wonderful time of the year to be in Florida. The weather is gorgeous!


I've seen some pretty Warblers of course!


And watched the deer on the trails.


Hubby even photographed me walking with the deer.


I was trying to get closer for better photos! 


Sending out lots of love to all of my family and friends, wishing them a week of Thanksgiving. I'm thankful for everyone that visits my blog too. You bless me when you take the time to visit my blog and leave a nice comment. It sure makes my day!

I’m joining Saturday’s critters HERE

  and Mosaic Monday HERE !  

36 comments:

Tom said...

...and I'm grateful that you took me along to see the sight. Diane, I wish you a Happy Thanksgiving.

Lorrie said...

Happy Thanksgiving, Diane. I hope you have a wonderful weekend. Great photos, as always. Love the warblers.

Salty Pumpkin Studio said...

Happy Thanksgiving!

Wonderful pictures. The deer are always a delight.

HappyK said...

Lovely to walk along with you. :)
We have so much to be thankful for.
Happy Thanksgiving.

gluten Free A_Z Blog said...

I am thankful for my blog and my readers too.. It is such a lovely hobby. Praying for peace in the world and the spread of love throughout. So thankful for everything and everybody in my life! Happy Thanksgiving.

Breathtaking said...

Hello Diane :=)
I have been on a 10 day blog break for heath reasons but am now catching up with visits, and I just came over to wish you a Happy Thanksgiving and all the love you wish for. Your blog is always a joy to visit, and I look forward to seeing your beautiful nature shots, These are all so lovely. I haven't seen a butterfly for weeks.
All the best
Sonjia.

21 Wits said...

Enjoy a Happy and marvelous Thanksgiving, and thank you so much for all these lovely captures!

Inger said...

Happy Thanksgiving, I'm grateful for our blogger friendship and for your nature posts, showing, as you say, the real Florida.

roentare said...

Wonderful butterfly and deer.

Barbara said...

Happy Thanksgiving to you!

Lowcarb team member said...

Lovely photographs.
Happy Thanksgiving.

All the best Jan

Sandy said...

I hope you have a wonderful day. I love coming by to see your photos of nature even when I don't comment. I wish I had your photography skills. Hubby is great at it and I am going to encourage him to do what you do. I told him I would set up a place for him to upload them all. We will see!

Ann said...

Beautiful photos. Hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving.

Cathy said...

Beautiful photos and happy Thanksgiving!

MadSnapper said...

I am a day late for Thanksgiving greetings but not to late to enjoy your Thanksgiving post. beautiful butterfly and love the close up of the deer. you are right, this is my favorite time of the year to be in Florida. perfect weather...

Jeanie said...

I hope your Thanksgiving was wonderful. Yes, much for which to be thankful,

Wally Jones said...

Thank you for sharing some of your blessings.
We are so fortunate to have much for which we are thankful.

Old trails, new trails, a lot to see out there!

Almost leftover turkey sandwich time!

Have a great weekend, Diane.

Pamela M. Steiner said...

Such beautiful photos! You really were walking with the deer! Amazing! And the butterflies and birds...all so lovely this time of year! Thank you for sharing them all with us. Happy Thanksgiving! We are blessed to live here!

Debbie said...

your pictures are exceptional today...you know i love seeing the deer and butterflies!! i hope you had a wonderful holiday!!

Angie said...

Diane - wonderful photos of wildlife!!! And so well put - "I've always known I am blessed and I live my life thankful for all of my blessings every day of my life." Amen, sister!

eileeninmd said...

A beautiful post, you are blessed with lovely nature sighting.
Beautiful birds and butterflies and the cool moth.
I love the deer, they are so sweet. Wonderful critter post.
Thank you for linking up and sharing your post. Take care, have a great weekend.

Lea said...

Love the Deer!
Have a blessed day!

Penelope Notes said...

Walking with the deer. That IS a moment to treasure!

Aritha V. said...

What a nice blog. I love that you have photos of deer. I saw one yesterday while cycling through the forest. But it saw me too and ran away before I could grab my phone to take a picture.

Marcia said...

There are bright spots in all our lives to be ever thankful for. I hope your holiday has reinforced your good feelings of thankfulness. Mine has.

Bill said...

A wonderful post filled with your beautiful photos of wildlife. Thanks so much for sharing.

carol l mckenna said...

wow! Beautiful nature shots ~ favorite ~ of course ~ are the deet ~ Xo

Wishing you good health, laughter and love in your days,
A ShutterBug Explores,
aka (A Creative Harbor)

RedPat said...

I hope that your Thanksgiving was a good one. The post you put up is wonderful. I wish I was there in the warmth as it is starting to turn cold here.

magiceye said...

Thank you for sharing all the lovely photos of beautiful critters from your part of the world.
Happy Thanksgiving week.

Phil Slade said...

Enjoy your Thanksgiving week Diane. I think we should have a similar celebration over here in Britain because wea re very fortunate to live here, despite the fact we Brits do complain a lot about so many things.

Rostrose said...

Dear Diane,
you said that beautifully. I think all of us who blog here are blessed because we are part of the world's population who have fallen on the bright side of life. (Even if there are worries sometimes - you know what I mean...) You wrote to me "I'm glad I like to be outside in nature. It helps with stress and all the cares of the world." - and you're absolutely right. Nature is a great help - and your photos of the beauties of nature that you have encountered again are proof of this. It looks like you're still pleasantly warm. The temperatures here are already around freezing point, and yesterday there was even light snowfall in our lowlands. Winter is not far away...
Hugs, all the best and a happy new week, Traude
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https://rostrose.blogspot.com/2023/11/calexico-gansebraten.html

Tanza Erlambang said...

beautiful butterfly and cute deer...
Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours

Teresa said...

Espero que lo hayan pasado bien. Un abrazo fuerte.

roentare said...

Always nature to see on your hike

Marilyn @ MountainTopSpice said...

You always take the most lovely pictures, and what a blessing that you are able to hike and enjoy the beautiful Florida scenery so much! I hope you had a blessed Thanksgiving!

Jeannie said...

Thanks for the Thanksgiving wishes. I still have turkey in the freezer waiting to be eaten!
Jeannie@GetMeToTheCountry