Different Shades

Different shades of life

 make the painting 

more beautiful. 

 ~Mike Dolan~

Excellent Schoolmasters

Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes and rivers, 

the mountain and the sea, are excellent schoolmasters, 

and teach some of us more than we can ever learn from books.  

~John Lubbock~

Greatest Way

The greatest way to

 live with honor 

in this world is 

to be what we

 pretend to be. 

 ~Socrates~

Make.Shift Block Party

The 2nd Annual Make.Shift Block Party was a blast for everyone!

HHH is always proud to support local endeavors like Make.Shift.  

Since they said it better than I can, here is what they are about:

 

"Make.Shift Art Space is a DIY art and music venue dedicated to innovative, alternative and unusual art and music. The 8,000-square-foot space includes an art gallery, live all-ages music venue and 18 individual art and music studios. Here we provide a home for painters, printmakers, photographers, sculptors, musicians, and whoever else needs an affordable place to make a mess and show it off. Make.Shift is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. Our mission is to provide low-cost programs that help emerging, alternative artists and musicians succeed."

Tiny Pushes

I long to accomplish great and noble tasks,

 but it is my chief duty to 

accomplish humble tasks

 as though they were great and noble. 

 The world is moved along, 

not only by the mighty shoves of its heroes,

 but also by the aggregate 

of the tiny pushes of 

each honest worker.
~ Helen Keller ~ 

Always Keep Building

Sometimes you must cross a bridge and other times you need to burn it. 

But, always keep building one and never lose your faith in life. 

~Dodinsky~

Sphere of Activity

The pursuit of 

truth and beauty 

is a sphere of activity 

in which we are 

permitted to remain 

children all our lives.
~Albert Einstein~

Celebrate

To celebrate with those you love,

is what makes life so grand!

Happy Birthday Seth

A birthday is just the first day 

of another 365-day journey

 around the sun. 

 Enjoy the trip.  

~Author Unknown~

Happy Birthday

Mr Jo!!

I Love you

 so very much

Dance In The Sun

Let us dance in the sun, wearing wild flowers in our hair...  

~Susan Polis Shutz~

Summer

A life without love 

is like a year 

without summer.  

~Swedish Proverb~

Heart

It is not flesh and blood, but heart which makes us fathers and sons.
~Friedrich von Schiller~

Crazy, Busy, Awesome

I know not what the future holds, 

but I know who holds the future. 

 ~Author Unknown~

Yesterday was a crazy, busy, awesome day.

The Kids and I went on a great hike to 

Woodstock Farms 

Such a beautiful place and such a great time with the kids too.

Then evening rolled around and Susan, Seth and I went on the 

 Bellingham's Future Waterfront Tour

 We learned a ton about Bellingham's Waterfront.

All in all it was a great day spent with great people.

Happiness Glands

I'm not a doctor and I don't know the technical terminology, 

but I do know that sunshine activates our happiness glands. 

~Terri Guillemets~

Peace

If you go, 

go in Peace

 it makes the flowers 

sweeter along the path.  

~Mike Dolan~

Picture by

*Molly Kidd*

Ignorance of Alternatives

Children's talent to endure stems from their ignorance of alternatives.  

~Maya Angelou~

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, 1969

Pride 2013

Why is it that,

 as a culture,

 we are more comfortable seeing

 two men holding guns 

than holding hands? 

 ~Ernest Gaines~

1000th Post

We have a desire to change the world. 

We are trying to live lives of compassion.

We reduce, reuse, and recycle as much as we can.

We try to affect change through positive action.

But most of all, we are changing the world through our children, our earth warriors.

We are teaching them the value of nature,

The value of peace,

and the value of love.

We hope you have enjoyed the last 1000 days of love, life, and peace.

We have enjoyed letting our hippie hearts soar!

Peace!

Becca and Susan

Pop-Up Drive-In

We had the great pleasure

of seeing Grease last night

at a pop-up drive-in

It was so much fun!

A Rose By Any Other Name...

Brightening

We cannot hold a torch

 to light another's path 

without brightening 

our own. 

 ~Ben Sweetland~

The Picture Says It All

Water & Air

Water and air, 

the two essential fluids

 on which all life depends,
have become 

global garbage cans.
~Jacques Cousteau~

Celestial Symphonies

I hear the wind among the trees
Playing the celestial symphonies;
I see the branches downward bent,
Like keys of some great instrument.
~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow~

Happy Trails

Happy trails to you, until we meet again.
Some trails are happy ones,
Others are blue.
It's the way you ride the trail that counts,
Here's a happy one for you.
~Dale Evans~

Be safe and have fun

My Boy!

I Love You!

Hieroglyphics Of Angels

Flowers have spoken to me more than I can tell in written words.  

They are the hieroglyphics of angels, 

loved by all men for the beauty of their character, 

though few can decipher even fragments of their meaning.  

~Lydia M. Child~

So Blessed

 

Having a place to go - is a home.  

Having someone to love - is a family.  

Having both - is a blessing.  

~Donna Hedges~

A History Of Resistance

Liberty has never come from the government.  

Liberty has always come from the subjects of it.  

The history of liberty is a history of resistance.  

 ~Woodrow Wilson~

From our home to yours, have a safe and happy holiday!

Peace and love,

B and S

Keep Fighting

 

Give thanks for what you are now, 

and keep fighting for what

 you want to be tomorrow. 

~Fernanda Miramontes-Landeros~

Nothing Like Looking

There is nothing like looking, if you want to find something. 

~J.R.R. Tolkien~

Jones Camp 2013

Even in a time of

 elephantine vanity and greed, 

one never has to look far 

to see the campfires 

of gentle people.  

~Garrison Keillor~