As it was Before

There is nothing in which the birds differ more from man 

than the way in which they can build 

and yet leave a landscape 

as it was before.
~Robert Lynd~  

Ice Tower

It's amazing what water and changing temperature can do.

Secrets to tell You

The breeze at dawn 

has secrets to tell you.
 Don't go back to sleep. 

~Rumi~

Repurposing

You have to love it when an old tire can become a holder for beautiful flowers!

Breath of Spring

Can words describe the fragrance of 

the very breath of spring? 

~ Neltje Blanchan~

The world is mud-luscious and puddle-wonderful.  

~e.e. cummings~

Subtle Magnetism

I believe that there is a subtle magnetism in Nature,

 which, 

if we unconsciously yield to it,

 will direct us aright. 

 ~Henry David Thoreau~

Dandelions

Roses are red,
Violets are blue;
But they don't get around
Like the dandelions do.
~Slim Acres~

Happy Earth Day!

If all mankind were to disappear,
the world would regenerate back to the rich state of equilibrium
that existed ten thousand years ago.
If insects were to vanish,
the environment would collapse into chaos.
~Edward O. Wilson~

Return

My heart that was rapt away by the wild cherry blossoms - will it return to my body when they scatter?

~Kotomichi~

Be Excellent

Excellence is not a skill.
It is an attitude.
~Ralph Marston~

The Utilities of the World

Flowers are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of the world. 

 ~Ralph Waldo Emerson~

Sing

Some days there won't be a song in your heart.
Sing anyway.
~Emory Austin~

Welcome

You know you're welcome when a bear says it!

Happy Monday!

I don't say we all ought to misbehave,
but we ought to look as if we could.
~Orson Welles~

The Surface

It may feel like you're alone.

It may even look like you're alone.

Look under the surface and you will realize that you are never really alone.

Peace and Beauty

The peace and beauty of a spring day
had descended upon the earth
like a benediction.
~ Kate Chopin~

Hand Prints

 To those who have left their hand prints on my soul:

Thank you.

Born Princes

We are born princes
and the civilizing process
makes us frogs.
~Syrus~

Excitement

Oh that I could live my life with the excitement of this child!

Implanted

A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry,

and see a fine picture every day of his life,

in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense

of the beautiful implanted in the human soul.

~ Johann Wolfgang Goethe~

Natures Voice

Flowers are the music that nature sings

Happy Easter

A friendly look,
a kindly smile,
one good act,
and life's worthwhile.
~Author Unknown

Brother

There's no other love like the love for a brother.  

There's no other love like the love from a brother.  

~Terri Guillemets~

Beautiful Day

How beautiful a day can be
When kindness touches it!
~George Elliston~

Unconditional Love

I think dogs are the most amazing creatures; they give unconditional love.  

For me they are the role model for being alive. 

 ~Gilda Radner~

Work for it

It isn't enough to talk about peace,
one must believe it.
And it isn't enough to to believe in it,
one must work for it.
~ Eleanor Roosevelt~

Faerie Wreaths

It looks to me as if the faeries made wreaths of flowers for this tree.

Into and Above the Clouds

May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous,
leading to the most amazing view.
May your mountains rise into and above the clouds.
~Edward Abbey~

Ripples

Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope...and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring those ripples build a current that can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance.  

~Robert F. Kennedy~