Visual Quotations 79: Haiku
“A drop of water View the world that hides within Watch it fall to ground” – Lynne Ayers Continue reading Visual Quotations 79: Haiku
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“When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive – to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.” – Marcus Aurelius Sunrise at Agimak Lake near Ignace, Ontario. Please click on image for a better view. Continue reading Visual Quotation 78/
Visual Quotation 77/Buffeted
“The rain to the wind said, You push and I’ll pelt.’ They so smote the garden bed That the flowers actually knelt, And lay lodged–though not dead. I know how the flowers felt.” ― Robert Frost Continue reading Visual Quotation 77/Buffeted
Visual Quotation 75 – Memories
I want to hold my memories close, to keep them frozen in time, but I’m afraid too because … “The worst part of holding the memories is not the pain. It’s the loneliness of it. Memories need to be shared.” Lois Lowry, The Giver Please click on the image for a larger view Weekly Photo Challenge: Season Continue reading Visual Quotation 75 – Memories
Visual Quotation 74 – Memories
God gave us memories that we might have roses in December. – J.M. Barrie, Courage, 1922 Happiness for me will mean being able to keep my memories alive, tucked away in special places of my heart, where they will never fade. Paula’s Black and White Sunday: What will make you happy? Continue reading Visual Quotation 74 – Memories
Visual Quotation 73 – Circle
“A circle is the reflection of eternity. It has no beginning and it has no end … ” – Maynard James Keenan After a very difficult month at the hospital watching over my husband, I am very happy to say that we returned home together on New Year’s Eve. It is nice to be home to enjoy some ‘us’ time. Weekly photo challenge: Circle Continue reading Visual Quotation 73 – Circle
Visual Quotation 72 – Inspiration
“We become who we believe we are. If you think you can do a thing or think you can’t do a thing, you’re right.” – Henry Ford Please click on image for a larger view Ailsa’s Travel Theme: Inspiration Continue reading Visual Quotation 72 – Inspiration
Visual Quotation 71: Autumn’s Fire
“Now autumn’s fire burns slowly along the woods and day by day the dead leaves fall and melt.” – William Allingham William Allingham was a poet and scholar born in Ballyshannon, County Donegal, Ireland in 1824. Continue reading Visual Quotation 71: Autumn’s Fire
Visual Quotation 70: Gateway
“Nothing is predestined. The obstacles of your past can become the gateways that lead to new beginnings.” – Ralph H. Blum Ralph Blum is a writer and explorer of cultural anthropology – the study of human cultures, their beliefs, practices, values, ideas, technologies and economies. Continue reading Visual Quotation 70: Gateway
Visual Quotation 69: Tolerance
“Toleration is the greatest gift of the mind; it requires the same effort of the brain that it takes to balance oneself on a bicycle.” – Helen Keller Continue reading Visual Quotation 69: Tolerance
Visual Quotation 68: Life
“I thought about the relentless thought-processing, soul-devouring machine that is my brain, and wondered how on earth I was ever going to master it. Then I remembered that line from Jaws and couldn’t help smiling: ‘We’re gonna need a bigger boat.” ― Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love Continue reading Visual Quotation 68: Life
Visual Quotation 67: Depth
The mark of your ignorance is the depth of your belief in injustice and tragedy. What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the Master calls the butterfly. – Richard Bach, American Novelist Weekly photo challenge: Depth Continue reading Visual Quotation 67: Depth
Visual Quotation 66: Truth
“If you shut the door to all errors, the truth will be shut out.” – Rabindranath Tagore Continue reading Visual Quotation 66: Truth
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“You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don’t try to forget the mistakes, but you don’t dwell on it. You don’t let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space. – Johnny Cash Continue reading Door/1
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“I seem to have run in a great circle, and met myself again on the starting line.” Jeanette Winterson, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit Continue reading Bubbles/4
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“A positive attitude causes a chain reaction of positive thoughts, events and outcomes. It is a catalyst and it sparks extraordinary results.” – Wade Boggs, professional baseball player Continue reading Bubbles/3
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“Life is a train of moods like a string of beads; and as we pass through them they prove to be many colored lenses, which paint the world their own hue, and each shows us only what lies in its own focus.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson Continue reading Bubbles/2
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“Pleasure is the flower that passes; remembrance, the lasting perfume. ” Jean de Boufflers Continue reading Bubbles/1
Visual Quotations 63: Tree
“God has cared for these trees, saved them from drought, disease, avalanches, and a thousand tempests and floods. But he cannot save them from fools.” – John Muir Bonsai tree at Montreal Biodome Weekly Photo Challenge: Zigzag Continue reading Visual Quotations 63: Tree
Visual Quotations 62: August
“The first week of August hangs at the very top of summer, the top of the live-long year, like the highest seat of a Ferris wheel when it pauses in its turning.” – Natalie Babbitt, Tuck Everlasting Continue reading Visual Quotations 62: August
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