Tuesday, April 11, 2017

Mini Utopia

A  L  O  H  A !
"Love is like an 
essential nutrient. . .




. . . [that] can also create 
micro-utopias in our 
day-to-day lives." 
              Barbara Fredrickson






 "Have nothing in your home
 that you do not know
 to be useful or 
believe to be beautiful."
              William Morris






Can You Identify this bird?  [I Cannot]

 "I learned to give not 
because I have much...
But because I know 
exactly how it feels 
to have nothing."
                     Unknown

Linking to:
Our Word Tuesday
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Thank YOU
Friend!
                    Fondly, cloudia
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20 comments:

  1. Elephant's ChildApril 11, 2017 at 3:20 AM

    The irridescence on that bird is incredible - and I believe that love is an essential.

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  2. eileeninmdApril 11, 2017 at 7:23 AM

    Hello, beautiful images and a pretty Common Grackle. Have a happy day!

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  3. CloudiaApril 11, 2017 at 9:31 AM

    Thanks both of you my friends! Love you both. Might have known that YOU'D know, Eileen :)

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  4. ErikaApril 11, 2017 at 9:54 AM

    Very nice shots and quotes. Happy Easter!

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  5. RajeshApril 11, 2017 at 10:10 AM

    Beautiful shots and quotes.

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  6. eViL pOp TaRtApril 11, 2017 at 10:17 AM

    Love makes it all worthwhile.

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  7. CloudiaApril 11, 2017 at 10:51 AM

    Thanks to EACH of YOU! <3

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  8. William KendallApril 11, 2017 at 10:56 AM

    I figured that had to be a grackle.

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  9. Bob BushellApril 11, 2017 at 11:48 AM

    Fantastic 'grackle' image, and the rest of them.

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  10. Charles GramlichApril 11, 2017 at 11:52 AM

    Green reaches for the blue. Plants grow into sky

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  11. CloudiaApril 11, 2017 at 12:06 PM

    Thank Gents <3

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  12. 21 WitsApril 11, 2017 at 1:10 PM

    This lovely bird reminds me of what my father called Blue Starling. Beautiful bird. Of course I was too young to understand why at the time, but they had made a nest in our attic air vent and my dad had taken to shooting them, which prompted me to be quite angry. Now as an adult (with two recent inside squirrel visits) and some woody-wood-peckers knocking on our wood framed house, I'm getting what he did. Although, I'm still not a fan of killing.

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  13. RedPatApril 11, 2017 at 2:19 PM

    I love the little micro utopias when they come along! ;-))

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  14. AdamApril 11, 2017 at 4:08 PM

    good quotes

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  15. AnonymousApril 11, 2017 at 7:31 PM

    Timeless as the clock without hands

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  16. MikeApril 11, 2017 at 11:13 PM

    William Morris doesn't know how much stuff he could be talking about for some people.

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  17. CloudiaApril 12, 2017 at 12:39 AM

    Ah yes. Creatures like to come into attics and such here in Marin too!

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  18. CloudiaApril 12, 2017 at 12:39 AM

    Thanks Friends

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  19. TeresaApril 12, 2017 at 1:26 AM

    Cool pictures! I like the quotes today, too. The bird looks like a grackle to me. The word grackle sounds like a gleeful cackle... Was the bird cackling at you?

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  20. Susie of ArabiaApril 12, 2017 at 9:58 PM

    Beautiful post!

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