PIPPA'S PHOTO OF THE WEEK.

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Thank you for hosting Pippa.  

SWALLOWS

The Swallows are back and enjoying flying around in a cloudless sky.  But I was happy this one settled on a branch nearby.

Incoming!

Get your own branch buddy!

And once again peace and quiet reigns.

Bird Quotations

1) Everyone likes birds.  What wild creature is more accessible to our eyes and ears, as close to us and everyone in the world, as universal as a bird?  

~David Attenborough~

2)  Be as a bird perched on a frail branch that she feels bending beneath her, still she sings away all the same, knowing she has wings.

~Victor Hugo~

3) I'm youth, I'm joy, I'm a little bird that has broken out of the egg.  

~James M. Barrie~

4)  A bird does not sing because it has an answer, it sings because it simply has a song.

~Chinese Proverb~

and my favorite

5) Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul, and sings the tunes without the words, and never stop at all.

~Emily Dickinson~

I am sharing with the following memes as they become available, with my thanks to all our hosts.  If you click on their names you can visit other participants.

The Team at SkyWatch Friday
Tanya at Willy-Nilly Friday Five
Cath at Fun Friday Favourites
Eileen at Saturday's Critters
Misty at Camera Critters
Anni at Bird D'Pot
Michelle at Nature Notes
Stewart at Wild Bird Wednesday

GOOD FENCES

Fences from Mount Vernon.

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RANDOM PHOTO

This is another stained glass window from the visitor center at Meadowlark Gardens.  We enjoy going there often, as you have probably gathered if you come here often enough to see the other posts I share on this blog.  

MOUNT VERNON - PART 2

Sharing with N.C. Sue at 

Wordless (on Tuesday) at Image-in-ing

BASEBALL QUOTE

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Tom at Tuesday's Treasures
Jesh at Seasons 

Linda Kay at Wednesday Wit and Wisdom

BIRD D'POT, NATURE NOTES, WILD BIRD WEDNESDAY

Another one from the archives.  I remember this crow, raven perhaps?  He was watching us very intently as we stopped at one of the many sites during our trip of the Southwest.

Linking with the following, with thanks to Anni, Michelle and Stewart for hosting these fun memes.

Anni at Bird D'Pot

Michelle at Nature Notes

Stewart at Wild Bird Wednesday

SATURDAY'S CRITTERS AND CAMERA CRITTERS

I found these lovely animals at Mount Vernon.  You can read all about them if you click on this link.

Such a sweet look.

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Eileen at Saturday's Critters
Misty at Camera Critters