Lotus

Appearances can be Deceptive

Blades of Grass

A ray of light...

A touch of breeze ...

The wings of flight...

The times of peace...

Smell of earth...

Drops of rain...

Blades of grass...

A beautiful world...

Source: Prajna Banerjee

Duck

My Ducky Duck Duck

My ducky duck is a yellow duck

and he likes to duck with the other ducks

in the small, cool pool after a day at school

when the trees have bees and the honey is amuck.

Oh what to do with my ducky duck duck

when he sits in that pond without any luck

in the small, cool pool after a day at school

and he makes one good friend who goes by Chuck.

I know what he'd say, oh my ducky duck duck

if he knew that I worried about his getting stuck

in the small, cool pool after a day at school

he'd say, "relax and smile and I'll make you a buck."

So that's what you do with a ducky duck duck

when you know that he's yellow and doesn't have much luck

in a small, cool pool after a day at school

you stick him in the mucky muck muck.

Source: Kalikala smith

Inspired by: Charles E Minshall

Author's Note: Yes, i'm hyper. and yes, it doesn't make much sense. but it's not supposed to... or something;) :)

www.pathetic.org

Spider Walk

Dedication devotion

Turning all the night time into the day

And after all the violence and double talk

Theres just a song in the trouble and the strife

You do the walk, you do the walk of life...

Source: "Solitaire" Nancy Dhanuka
Original Poem: Dire Straits

Sparkle

Anthers with Pollen grains

Prey

Leaves

Pearls

Monarch (Danaus Plexippus)

The best known of the butterflies, it is most noted for its long migration from places like Illinois to Mexico. For more on the migration, check out www.monarch.org.

Monarchs are commonly seen throughout Illinois and have a huge range that includes all of the Unites States, southern Canada, Central American and most of South America. This amazing butterfly lays itseggs only on milkweed species. When the caterpillar eats the milkweed leaves, it stores a toxin that makes it very distasteful to predators. The toxin also protects the adult butterfly.

It uses a wide variety of habitats, from prairies to roadsides, to urban gardens to weedy patches. Although it is widespread, it is losing overwintering habitat in Mexico where conservation efforts are underway to save what small amount remains. Loss of this habitat could have a significant impact on this species. Plant some milkweed in your garden and see if maybe a monarch will visit you and lay an egg or two!

Source: www.brookfieldzoo.org

Purple Wild

To see a world in a grain of sand

and a heaven in a wild flower;

hold infinity in the palm of your hand

and eternity in an hour.

Source: "Solitaire" Nancy Dhanuka

Original Poem: "Auguries of Innocence" by William Blake

Stone Age

Buds

Primrose Willowherb (Ludwigia Octovalvis, Family: Onagraceae)

Sunrise

Petals

4th of July Fireworks

Winter in Chicago

Infiniti

Burning Sky (Grand Canyon)