Wild Thing! You Make My Heart Sing!

Had to take a trip to Nashville this week and while

driving on the Natchez Trace Parkway I was falling

into that trance you get when mile after mile of road

starts to look like the previous 100 miles, boring! All

of a sudden as I round a curve there is this beautiful

field of yellow daisies. Talk about a mood changer! It

was like I had just drank a V-8, Ha Ha! I had to stop and  

snap a picture or two and as I left I was surprised how

much better I felt after seeing the field of beautiful "Wild"

 flowers. A little further down the road as I pondered the

field of "Wild" daisies, I remembered a song from the

Troggs in 1966 that kinda spoke about "Wild Things" 

and put me in a whole lot better mood for the rest of

my trip. It is amazing how flowers just bring a smile

to your face and a little joy to the heart!

Narrowleaf Sunflower - Helianthus angustifolius

footnote: I know the song wasn't referring to flowers, but on

"this occasion", they kinda gave me the same feeling as the subject

in the song!  They did make my heart sing! Ha Ha!

Have a great week, everyone!

"Flowers seem intended for the solace of ordinary humanity."

John Ruskin(1819-1900): Art critic, social thinker & philanthropist

White Christmas in Dixie!!!!!

A white Christmas in North Mississippi! Wow! How special a Christmas has this turned out to be?

Took a spin on the Natchez Trace just to take it all in and took this shot along the way.

Hope everyone has the best Christmas ever and may we all remember why we celebrate this day! 

"There is nothing in the world more beautiful than the forest clothed to its very hollows in snow. It is the still ecasty of nature, wherein every spray, every blade of grass, every spire of reed, every intricacy of twig, is clad with radiance."

        William Sharp (1856-1905): Scotish Poet and Biographer

Natural Beauty

Virginia Bluebells - Virginia Cowslip ( Mertensia virginica)

Happened upon these while traveling on the Natchez Trace in

NW Alabama during late spring. I pulled into a side loop road along

Bear Creek while traveling to Florence, AL. These beautiful flowers

were along a mowed area next to the creek and caught my eye quickly with their pink and blue trumpet/bell shaped flowers.

"There are always flowers for those who want to see them"
Henri Matisse  (1869-1954): French Artist, Painter

Falls at Fall Hollow

On a recent trip to Nashville, I decided to take the Natchez Trace Parkway from North Mississippi up to Nashville. Needing to stretch my legs a bit, I stopped at this location called Fall Hollow at mile marker 392 and was pleasantly surprised to find this fine water fall-cascade. There were several other falls all within a short walk along a nice trail maintained by the park service. It is always nice to find a place you have passed by many times before. This adds another beautiful spot to my list of God's beautiful places, and all because I just needed to stretch my legs.

"All my life through, the new sights of Nature made me rejoice like a child"
Marie Curie  (1867-1934): Polish Physicist and Chemist