Stubbornly Persist

Stubbornly persist,

 and you will find that

 the limits of your stubbornness 

go well beyond the

 stubbornness of your limits.  

~Robert Brault~

Gnome Protection

Actually, cats do this to protect you from gnomes who come and steal your breath while you sleep. 

~John Dobbin~

Constant Friends

In joy or sadness, 

flowers are our 

constant friends.

~ Kozuko Okakura   ~

Just A Bite

Happiness is a by-product of an effort to make someone else happy.  

~Gretta Brooker Palmer~

Medicine for the Soul

Flowers always make people 

better, happier, and more helpful;

 they are sunshine, 

food and medicine 

for the soul.
~ Luther Burbank.~

Oh Yeah!

"Oh Yeah"

~Kool-Aid~

Simply Jam

 

Making the simple complicated is commonplace; 

 making the complicated simple, 

awesomely simple, 

that's creativity. 

-  Charles Mingus ~

Less Traveled

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I--
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

~Robert Frost~ 

Happy Birthday Seth!

Happy Birthday

Seth!

I am so very blessed to have you as my

Husband & Friend.

Thank You for being

the crazy goofy man that you are!

I Love You!

 Love is 

being stupid together. 

 ~Paul Valery~

That's Where It's At

Love is, above all, the gift of oneself.  

~Jean Anouilh~

Green Fuel

Our bodies run 

on the fresh green fuel 

of the land. 

~Terri Guillemets~

I spend a lot of my time cooking.

I love being able to give

my family fresh green fuel.

The joy of sitting down

to a home cooked meal with the people

I love makes my 

Hippie Heart 

very happy indeed.

~Bon Appétit~

Peace

Sometimes a picture just brings you peace.

Sharper

 

The world is full of magic things, 

patiently waiting 

for our senses to grow 

sharper.
~William Butler Yeats~

Spread Your Wings

Spread your wings and let the fairy in you fly!  

~Author Unknown~

Direct Interaction

The act of putting into your mouth 

what the earth has grown
is perhaps your most direct 

interaction with the earth.
~ Frances Moore Lappé~

Pride

Come on!

Open your mouth and sound off at the sky!

Shout loud at the top of your voice, "I AM I! ME! I am I!

And I may not know why

But I know that I like it.

Three Cheers!

I AM I!"

~Dr. Seuss~

Rules

I believe in rules.  

Sure I do.  

If there weren't any rules, 

how could you break them?  

~Leo Durocher~

Plant A Garden

If you've never experienced the joy of accomplishing more than you can imagine, 

plant a garden.  

~Robert Brault~

Secret O' Life

The secret of life is enjoying the passage of time
Any fool can do it
There ain't nothing to it
Nobody knows how we got to
The top of the hill
But since we're on our way down
We might as well enjoy the ride

The secret of love is in opening up your heart
It's okay to feel afraid
But don't let that stand in your way
'cause anyone knows that love is the only road
And since we're only here for a while
Might as well show some style
Give us a smile


Isn't it a lovely ride
Sliding down
Gliding down
Try not to try too hard
It's just a lovely ride

Now the thing about time is that time
Isn't really real
It's just your point of view
How does it feel for you
Einstein said he could never understand it all
Planets spinning through space
The smile upon your face
Welcome to the human race

Some kind of lovely ride
I'll be sliding down
I'll be gliding down
Try not to try too hard
It's just a lovely ride

Isn't it a lovely ride
Sliding down
Gliding down
Try not to try too hard
It's just a lovely ride

Now the secret of life is enjoying the passage of time

 

 

~James Taylor ~

~Secret O' Life ~

Smile

Beauty is power; 

a smile is its sword.  

~Charles Reade~

Scent

Scent is the most potent and bewitching substance 

in the gardener's repertory 

and yet it is the most neglected 

and least understood. 

 The faintest waft is sometimes enough
to induce feelings of hunger or anticipation, 

or to transport you back through time and space 

to a long-forgotten moment
in your childhood. 

 It can overwhelm you in an instant 

or simply tease you, 

creeping into your consciousness slowly 

and evaporating almost the moment it it detected. 

 Each fragrance,
whether sweet or spicy, light or heavy,

 comes upon you  

in its own way 

and evokes its own 

emotional response.
~Stephen Lacey~

Mad With Joy

People from a planet without flowers would think we must be mad with joy the whole time to have such things about us.  

~Iris Murdoch~

In Between

We come from the earth,

 we return to the earth,

 and in between we garden.
~ Author Unknown~

Glory and Abundance

This special feeling towards fruit, its glory and abundance, is I would say universal.... 

We respond to strawberry fields or cherry orchards with a delight that a cabbage patch or even an elegant vegetable garden cannot provoke.  

~Jane Grigson~

Surf

 

Feelings are much like waves, 

we can't stop them from coming 

but we can choose which one to surf. 

 ~Jonatan Mårtensson~

Nature of Art

The sky, a perfect empty canvas, offers clouds nonetheless.  

They shift and drift and beg interpretation... 

such is the nature of art.  

~Jeb Dickerson~

Beautiful Land of Life!

Rejoice with your family 

in the beautiful land of life! 

 ~Albert Einstein~

 

We sure did yesterday.

Hope you all had a great 4th!

Have a Great 4th

 

America is great because she is good. 

If America ceases to be good,

 America will cease to be great.

~ Alexis de Tocqueville~

Blessed Are The Peacemakers

The real differences around the world today are not between Jews and Arabs; 

Protestants and Catholics; Muslims, Croats, and Serbs.  

The real differences are between those who embrace peace and those who would destroy it;

 between those who look to the future and those who cling to the past; 

between those who open their arms and those who are determined to clench their fists. 

 ~Bill Clinton~

Happy Camping Time

Happiness flutters in the air 

whilst we rest 

among the breaths of nature.  

~Kelly Sheaffer~

What You See

The question is not what you look at, but what you see.

It is only necessary to behold the least fact or phenomenon,
however familiar, from a point a hair's breadth aside from our habitual path or routine,

to be overcome, enchanted by its beauty and significance.

To perceive freshly, with fresh senses is to be inspired.

Henry David Thoreau

I see a place to crawl in and whisper my secrets to the earth, 

knowing that she will keep them safe.

What is it that you see?