"Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadows. It's what the sunflowers do." – Helen Keller #photography #photographyOnX #flowers #FlowersOnX #Sunflowers #summer

"When once the sun sinks in the west, And dewdrops pearl the evening's breast; Almost as pale as moonbeams are, Or its companionable star, The evening primrose opes anew Its delicate blossoms to the dew" - John Clare Evening Primrose Ozark Sundrops #photography #flowers

"May we think of freedom, not as the right to do as we please, but as the opportunity to do what is right." -Peter Marshall considering current events this quote seems quite fitting #photography #photographyOnX #flowers #FlowersOnX #hibiscus #freedom #Canada #forestfires

"Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better." - Albert Einstein Big Creek National Wildlife Centre - Long Point, Ontario Blue Vervain, Canada Elderberry, Leopard Frog, Queen Anne's Lace #photography #nature #LongPoint #LakeErie #naturephotography

"Old churches inspire reflection on faith, history, and humanity's creative spirit" Salt Spring Church - established 1823 Brantford Ontario #photography #photographyOnX #churches #history #Ontario

”Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.” - Lao Tzu Cattails Canada Thistle #photography #photographyOnX #nature #NaturePhotography #Cattails #CanadaThistle

“When we tug at a single thing in nature, we find it attached to the rest of the world.” ― John Muir Coneflower (Artisan Collection Red Ombre) #photography #photographyOnX #nature #NaturePhotography #coneflowers #garden #flowers #FlowersOnX

"The road to freedom is bordered with sunflowers" - Martin Firrell. #photography #photographyOnX #flowers #FlowersOnX #sunflowers #freedom #nature #NaturePhotography

Good news: Found some Sunflower Fields not too far way. Bad news: Missed the bloom time by a week or two. Oh well next year. #photography #photographyOnX #nature #farms #sunflowers #naturephotography #sunflowerfield

“Life is a journey, not a destination.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson. Driving down country roads #photography #photographyOnX #countryroads #country #landscapephotography #freedom #peace

"There's nothing like the peace of the countryside, the quiet and the lack of distraction. It helps you to focus your mind" - Jenny Nimmo #photography #photographyOnX #landscapephotography #countryside #peace #freedom

“Summer’s lease hath all too short a date.” – William Shakespeare The faded blooms of summer Black-Eyed Susans, Coneflower, Coreopsis, False Sunflower #photography #photographyOnX #nature #naturephotography #flowers #flowersOnX #summer #gardens #gardening 📷🌱

“May you realise who the "cosmos flowers" in your life are and learn to love, appreciate and notice them more often.” - Jennifer Rossouw #photography #photographyOnX #flowers #flowersOnX #nature #naturephotography #garden #gardening 📷🌱

Go outside, talk a walk if you can. Experience nature, breathe the air, feel the sunshine or the rain and clear your mind. Listen, look and experience what is around you. #photography #photographyOnX #nature #naturephotography #relaxation #breathe #landscapephotography

"Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you." - John Muir Mountain Ash, Silky Dogwood, Viburnum, Purple Loosestrife #photography #photographyOnX #nature #naturephotography

"May you touch dragonflies and stars, dance with fairies and talk to the moon." - unknown #photography #photographyOnX #nature #NaturePhotography #dragonfly

Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time. - John Lubbock Wilkes Dam #photography #LandscapePhotography #photographyOnX

"You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies, You may trod me in the very dirt But still, like dust, I'll rise." - Maya Angelou Chicory, Phlox, Sedum, New England Aster #photography #photographyonx #nature #naturephotography #flowers #flowersonfriday

"If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change." - Wayne Dyer Sunflower Centers #bloomscrolling #photo #photography #nature #naturephotography #sunflowers #macrophotography #macro #flowers #photographyOnX 📷🌱

"Happiness hides in life’s small details. If you’re not looking, it becomes invisible." - Joyce Brothers Hibiscus Center, Gerbera Petals #bloomscrolling #photo #photography #nature #naturephotography #macro #macrophotography #flowers #photographyOnX📷🌱