Quotes That Inspire Me 06/23/2011
"Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment." Buddha Look at that face! This little guy was peering over a cactus plant on my morning walk. What incredible creatures are out there. I love seeing all this detail. He was watching me and staying on guard. My favorite thing is when the insects relax around me and stop hopping away or flying off. Sometimes they just let me get within an inch of them and I just click away on my camera.   All the photos you see on today's blog are from the last few days. "We need to give each other the space to grow, to be ourselves, to exercise our diversity. We need to give each other space so that we may both give and receive such beautiful things as ideas, openness, dignity, joy, healing, and inclusion." Max de Pree  "Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself." Harvey Fierstein (I love this quote.)   This bug was about an 1/4 inch! It was so tiny I could barely see it ....  "You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life." Albert Camus  Just a beautiful plant ... (no bugs) "Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen." ~Winston Churchill  "Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky." Rabindranath Tagore  "Courage is the power to let go of the familiar." ~Raymond Lindquist  This is the tiniest bug. I think it's only an 1/8 of an inch and so light colored that it's hard to get the camera to focus ...  "The fact that I can plant a seed and it becomes a flower, share a bit of knowledge and it becomes another's, smile at someone and receive a smile in return, are to me continual spiritual exercises." Leo Buscaglia  "Put your heart, mind, and soul into even your smallest acts. This is the secret of success." Swami Sivananda  "Look at everything as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time." ~Betty Smith~  "Too bad all the people who know how to run this country are busy running taxicabs or cutting hair." George Burns (1896-1996)  Life is "trying things to see if they work" - Ray Bradbury (I live by those words!)  "In a controversy the instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for the truth, and have begun striving for ourselves." Buddha  "The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart." ~Robert Green Ingersoll~  This gives you an idea of the little guy's size. I saw a grasshopper no bigger than this fella's eye! "A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on." Winston Churchill  Grasshoppers come in so many different colors. "We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill  "No one can go back and make a brand new start. Anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending." ~Unknown~  Bug walking on my hand. It was about the size of the point on a needle!  Add Comment |  SEARCH LIVEHONESTLY
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 This is a honey bee I rescued from drowning on May 29, 2011. She was trying to get her bearings in my hand. She wanted to stay on me even after showing her a leaf and flower, so I let her rest on me. Click image to see lots of bee photos  Click for ladybug photos My LADYBUG photo book is now available for sale! This makes a stunning gift book or the perfect coffee table book that adds color and beauty to any setting. Full of inspiring quotes.
  My INSECT JOURNAL CONTINUES ON THIS WEBSITE One square mile of land contains more insects than the total number of human beings on earth!
The Earth has a surface area of 196,939,900 square miles.  It's estimated that there are more than 200 million insects for each human on the planet!
 Transfer of nectar between two honey bees. The nectar goes from the worker bee to the house bee A recent New York Times article claimed that the world holds 300 pounds of insects for every pound of humans.
 Roly poly all rolled up There are some 900 thousand different kinds of living insects known in the world. The true number of insect species can only be estimated from present and past studies. Anywhere from 1 million to 10 million insects may still be unidentified as yet, according to scientists.
ArchivesSeptember 2011 CategoriesAll About insects ... "These small, six-legged creatures include bees, ants, flies, mosquitoes, grasshoppers, crickets, butterflies, cockroaches, termites, fleas, and beetles. Although some insects annoy us by spreading disease, damaging crops and household items, and biting people and pets, these represent only about 17% of all the 800,000 species. The rest of the insects serve a very valuable purpose in nature. These serve as food for birds, frogs, fish, and other animals; pollinate crops; destroy other harmful insects; give us honey, bees wax, shellac, and silk; and keep the land clean by feeding on dead animals and plants." Source of the above: http://www.bigsiteofamazingfacts.com |
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