To cool in the peppermint wind…

Where the Sidewalk Ends – Shel Silverstein There is a place where the sidewalk ends And before the street begins, And there the grass grows soft and white, And there the sun burns crimson bright, And there the moon-bird rests from his flight To cool in the peppermint wind.   Let us leave this place […]

I speak of love that comes to mind…

I speak of love that comes to mind:  The moon is faithful, although blind;  She moves in thought she cannot speak.  Perfect care has made her bleak.  I never dreamed the sea so deep,  The earth so dark; so long my sleep,  I have become another child.  I wake to see the world go wild.  […]

“Be who you are and say what you feel….

…For those who mind don’t matter    and those who matter don’t mind”                                   – Dr Seuss Niagara Falls Botanical Garden 

Butterflies…

“My favorite thing is to go where I’ve never been” -Diane Arbus

Flowers on the vine…

“One of the things I learned the hard way was that it doesn’t pay to get discouraged. Keeping busy and making optimism a way of life can restore your faith in yourself” – Lucille Ball

In need of change…

“If we don’t change, we don’t grow. If we don’t grow, we aren’t really living.” -Gail Sheehy

Blurry Petals…

“You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment. Fools stand on their island of opportunities and look toward another land. There is no other land; there is no other life but this.” -Henry David Thoreau

Flowers…

“One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving.” -Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

Storm

“Oh, for the simple life,/For tents and starry skies!” -Israel Zangwill

Lovely

“Honesty has a beautiful and refreshing simplicity about it. No ulterior motives. No hidden meanings. An absence of hypocrisy, duplicity, political games, and verbal superficiality. As honesty and real integrity characterize our lives, there will be no need to manipulate others” -Charles Swindoll