February Birthdays

This post is a tribute to all February birthdays, including the folks pictured here.  This month wish someone a happy birthday and maybe even send a handwritten note!

"A birthday is just the first day of another 365-day journey around the sun.

Enjoy the trip."

                                                                     --Unknown

"Facing" the Week -- All Different

"It is the common wonder of all men, how among so many millions of faces,

there should be none alike."

                                                                       ~Thomas Browne, Religio Medici

"Facing" the Week -- A Famous Bust

"Electric communication will never be a substitute for the face of someone
who with their soul encourages another person to be brave and true."
                                                                      --Charles Dickens

Abraham Lincoln's marble bust, by Gutzon Borglum, is on display in the Crypt of the U.S. Capitol

"Facing" the Week - Eyes

"An eye can threaten..., it can make the heart dance for joy...

One of the most wonderful things in nature is a glance of the eye;

it transcends speech; it is the bodily symbol of identity."

                                                                   --Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Facing" the Week -- Laughter

"Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face."

                                                            --Victor Hugo

"Facing" the Week - Altered

This week my posts feature several photos of faces, including some of all ages.  Along with the pictures are corresponding quotes that offer a given perspective regarding those images.  As I reviewed several files from my photo collection, I found so many interesting faces that I thought devoting a week to some of those shots would be fun for all viewers to see.  Enjoy!

"God has given you one face, and you make yourself another."

                                                               --William Shakespeare

Wild Turkey

Just to clarify, this post is not about a particular brand of bourbon but rather features the large, ground-dwelling bird.  In these parts of Iowa this plump game-bird is commonly seen in rural areas and spends a considerable amount of time foraging in forests, pastures, fields and so on.  And, despite being quite large, turkeys can fly!  Finally, for the record, I did not photograph these critters in their natural habitat as they reside in an enclosure at a nearby county park.