Wing and Blossom... peeking, posing, proliferating

Love the animals, love the plants, love everything. 

If you love everything, you will perceive the divine mystery in things. 

Once you perceive it, you will begin to comprehend it better every day. 

And you will come at last to love the whole world with an all-embracing love.

~Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Peeking...


One of the visitors to our feeders... not as shy as the cardinals.

Posing...


A blue dragonfly finally visited Long Hollow... 
...he graciously, patiently posed for me.

Proliferating...


My mysterious, wild, blooming-like-crazy purple flowers - if anyone knows what they are, please tell me!
They're already starting to fade into their reddish foliage...
...very autumn-like and beautiful itself...
so I apologize in advance if the balance of my photos tip in their favor.
It's so I can remember them when they're gone.
(And also because it's easier to share them all than to decide which ones not to share.)