Night, the beloved. Night, when words fade and things come alive. When the destructive analysis of day is done, and all that is truly important becomes whole and sound again. When man reassembles his fragmentary self and grows with the calm of a tree. ~Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Thrift is not an affair of the pocket, but an affair of character. ~S.W. Straus
(I think this thrift shop sign might be missing a few characters)
What is right is often forgotten by what is convenient. ~Bodie Thoene, Warsaw Requiem
Related post: A Sign
Can we conceive what humanity would be if it did not know the flowers? ~Maurice Maeterlinck
What you need to know about the past is that no matter what has happened, it has all worked together to bring you to this very moment. And this is the moment you can choose to make everything new. Right now. ~Author Unknown
I hadn’t realized how long it’s been since I’ve taken a walk outside the boundaries of my own property…then, outside last night I heard her braying.
Last summer, I took regular evening walks, usually to clear my mind from my studies. This year, I found I have become housebound, and now I have resolved to begin walking up the road again – if not for exercise, then at least to see this dear creature.
Optimists are nostalgic about the future. ~Chicago Tribune For the WordPress weekly photo challenge: Nostalgic
A man is a very small thing, and the night is very large and full of wonders. ~Edward Plunkett
Night is a world lit by itself. ~Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin
We are each gifted in a unique and important way. It is our privilege and our adventure to discover our own special light. ~Evelyn Dunbar
If dandelions were hard to grow, they would be most welcome on any lawn. ~Andrew Mason
Give thanks for what you are now, and keep fighting for what you want to be tomorrow. ~Fernanda Miramontes-Landeros
For the WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge: Fleeting
Nothing that is can pause or stay;
The moon will wax, the moon will wane,
The mist and cloud will turn to rain,
The rain to mist and cloud again,
Tomorrow be today.
~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
~George Eliot
Only your real friends will tell you when your face is dirty. ~Sicilian Proverb
When we look up, it widens our horizons. We see what a little speck we are in the
universe, so insignificant, and we all take ourselves so seriously, but in the
sky, there are no boundaries. No differences of caste or religion or race.
~Julia Gregson
Only from the heart can you touch the sky.
~Rumi
The sun is always shining
What a lovely surprise! Thank you, TIMZAUTO, for nominating me for the One Lovely Blog award. I am so happy to have met you…artistic, intelligent, thoughtful, inspiring…it is an honor to be nominated by you for my first award. 🙂
1. I am a night owl.
2. People think I live on coffee and chocolate, but I really don’t.
3. My favorite quote most days is “I do not like to write – I like to have written” (Gloria Steinem).
4. Other days I force myself to write by thinking of this: “If there is no dull and determined effort, there will be no brilliant achievement” (Hsun-tzu).
5. I have learned that “The first step in blogging is not writing them but reading them” (Jeff Jarvis).
6. I really like quotes.
7. I believe “The greater danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.” ( Michelangelo Buonarroti).
At Home on the Road – beautiful photographs and lovely stories about full-time living in an RV
Light Touch – gorgeous photography
Retiree Diary – amazing photography and writing
Photo Nature Blog – stunning nature photography
The care of the Earth is our most ancient and most worthy, and after all our most pleasing responsibility. To cherish what remains of it and to foster its renewal is our only hope. -Wendell Berry
It is only when we silent the blaring sounds of our daily existence that we can finally hear the whispers of truth that life reveals to us, as it stands knocking on the doorsteps of our hearts. -K.T. Jong
Views From My World 