Subtitles

Yep, I use subtitles when I watch movies at home.

Have you seen Gnomeo and Juliet?

You should.

"I've got a lovely bunch of coconuts" in Spanish.

It's random and you'll never see it coming but once you see it,

it'll change your life.

Take a Nap

If there is one spot of sun spilling onto the floor,
a cat will find it and
soak it up.
~J.A. McIntosh~

Secret Garden

I expect a gnome or leprechaun to peep out and beckon me to enter.

Shiver

It always gives me a shiver
when I see a cat seeing
what I can't see.
~Eleanor Farjeon~

Mistakes

My daughter can be a perfectionist.  Especially when it comes to her education.  I spend a lot of time telling her that you can't learn if you don't make mistakes.  Becca's youngest has this sign in her classroom.  So let's all remember that life is all about mistakes and learning from them.

Peace!

Turn

Everyone must take time to sit and watch the leaves turn.
~ Elizabeth Lawrence~

Borrowing

We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.  

~Native American Proverb~

Optimism

I saw this sitting on the counter at
Avenue Bread
on James st this week.
This giant jar
showed me a ray of optimism
and made my Hippie Heart oh so Happy.
So if you got a minute and some extra change stop on by
and help fill the jar
and make the world a better place.

Peace Is Free

Yesterday was the first time the kids have marched for Peace.  

They made the sign the girls are carrying.

It says "Peace Is Free".

Our fantastic Hippie Kids!

International Day of Peace

We look forward to the time when the Power of Love
will replace the Love of Power.
Then will our world know the blessings of
peace.
~William Ewart Gladstone~

Happy International Peace Day

Fall?

The foliage has been losing its freshness through the month of August, and here and there a yellow leaf shows itself like the first gray hair amidst the locks of a beauty who has seen one season too many. 

~Oliver Wendell Holmes~

Howls

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

TV

TV.  

If kids are entertained by two letters, imagine the fun they'll have with twenty-six.  

Open your child's imagination.  

Open a book.  

~Author Unknown~

Buddha

In this world
Hate never yet dispelled hate.
Only love dispels hate.
This is the law,
Ancient and inexhaustible.
~Buddha~

Dinosaurs Do That

Great white sharks, big storms - 

somehow, I think we like to be put in our place by awesome things.

Dinosaurs do that.

Sue Hendrickson

Width

I don't want to get to the end of my life
and find that I lived just
the length of it.
I want to have lived the
width of it as well.
~ Diane Ackerman~

Through the Fog

Sometimes the beauty can only be seen through the fog.

Be Free

The sun won't shine until you put the umbrella away.
Be free.
~Author Unknown~

Unexpected Fun

A nice walk can turn up fun in the most unexpected ways.

Mudflats to get dirty on, logs to climb on, or a rope swing over the river.

MUD

Mud is the most poetical thing in the world.
~ R. H. Blyth~

Nature's Reminder

Nature likes to remind us every once in a while that she's in charge and she will find a way.

For the Love of Love

Today I celebrate my 12th anniversary
with my lobster.
I am such a lucky person to have
found the Love of my life.
I Love you Mr Jones.
Thank you for all you are and all you do.

If this doesn't make you smile....

then your happy is broken....

Education

My little Rock Star Shannon
is off to school today.
Good Luck
my Love.

Education is the movement from darkness to light.
~Allan Bloom~

Happy First Day of School

 

Today a fifth traveler joins us on our home schooling journey.

Welcome home Sean!

Happy First Day of School to Becca, Sean, Kim, and Sarah!

Labor Day

The man who doesn't relax and hoot a few hoots voluntarily,
now and then,
is in great danger of
hooting hoots and standing on his head
for the edification of the pathologist and trained nurse,
a little later on.
~Elbert Hubbard~

Reach

The desire to reach for the sky runs deep in our human psyche.  

~Cesar Pelli~

Material World

After a visit to the beach,
it's hard to believe that we live in
a material world.
~Pam Shaw~

Music

You are the music while the music lasts.  

~T.S. Eliot~

Nature

Nature is so powerful, so strong.
Capturing its essence is not easy
- your work becomes a dance with light and the weather.
It takes you to a place within yourself.
~Annie Leibovitz~