Tiny treasures

We recently saw a bonsai exhibit by the Boise Bonsai Society. It was part of a Koi and Goldfish Show by the Idaho Water Garden & Koi Society.  

Amazing root forms! 

Grapevine bonsai 

If a tree falls off my Bonsai bench, and I'm not home to hear it, does it make a sound?
~ Anonymous 

If you're curious, more about bonsai here.

More "Scare-y" characters

Man on the moon (Neil Armstrong)

Bob Marley

And another perspective of Bob Marley

The Cola Man

And finally, a real Scare-y character....

Martin Luther

Oooooo, Scare-y!

Some European celebrities spotted

at the Idaho Botanical Garden Scarecrow Stroll...

Anne Boleyn

Napoleon

Queen Elizabeth

William Shakespeare

He lives in fame that died in virtue's cause.
~William Shakespeare

You go to school, you get a master's degree, you study Shakespeare and you wind up being famous for plastic glasses.
~Sally Jessy Raphael

Small

You'll come to learn a great deal if you study the Insignificant in depth.
~ Odysseus Elytis

All difficult things have their origin in that which is easy, and great things in that which is small.
~ Lao Tzu

Sun-kissed (but not oranges)

What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.
~ Joseph Addison

Seasonal sightings

I guess summer is over (for some people)....

But the hummingbirds are still here

So are the blossoms and the bees

And the quail have stopped by for a quick lunch

Variations on a theme

Reaching

Sailing

Troubled

Exclamation!

Caught in the act

Night song

Gymnastics

Professional diving

For just a second....

Seconds count....

A gentle companion

Time spent with cats is never wasted.
- Unknown

Our gentle companion of 11 years, Chava, left this world today. During the past few years, she has coped with health problems with tolerance and dignity. But today it was time to make that last visit to the vet.

She was a friendly stray cat that had hung around an elderly lady's home near my office. When the lady moved to a care home, my office mates and I searched for the cat, and found her and 5 tiny kittens, which were about a week old. We took her and her babies in and kept them in our office until the kittens were weaned. After finding homes for all the kittens, only Mama cat was left. And she came to live with my husband and me.

She had a very good life with us; we jokingly nicknamed her "The Queen". But she was a loving, affectionate queen who enjoyed being with us in whatever room we were in. Good company.

We are already sorely missing her sweet presence. I know we'll be seeing her "shadow" for some time to come.

No amount of time can erase the memory of a good cat, and no amount of masking tape can ever totally remove her fur from your couch.
- Leo Dworken

Interiors

In the right light, at the right time, everything is extraordinary. 

~Aaron Rose

About time

Who forces time is pushed back by time; who yields to time finds time on his side. 
~The Talmud 

The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once. 
~ Albert Einstein 

The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. 
~ Albert Einstein 

Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.
~ Douglas Adams

On a summer's day

Summertime is always the best of what might be.
― Charles Bowden 

If constellations had been named in the 20th century, I suppose we would see bicycles.
-- Carl Sagan 

Good things come to those who wait.
-- English proverb 

Any treats today? Whatcha got in your pockets?
-- Binky the squirrel

Lunar magic

The moon, like a flower
In heaven's high bower,
With silent delight
Sits and smiles on the night.
~ William Blake 

The moon's an arrant thief,
And her pale fire she snatches from the sun.
~ William Shakespeare 

There are nights when the wolves are silent and only the moon howls.
~ George Carlin