The Whole World Belongs to You

"Earth Mother, let me show gratitude,
For the abundance you freely give,
By pledging to be a caretaker,
Respecting all things that live."

~Jamie Sams

Blowing Bubbles

“Flattery is like chewing gum. Enjoy it but don't swallow it.”
~Hank Ketcham

Goddess of Mercy

"Life eternal is what we are, wisdom is what we possess, love is what our nature is . . . "
~ The Supreme Master Ching Hai

City Symmetry

"The axis of the earth sticks out visibly through the centre of each and every town or city."
~Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

This is a variation on the "Amazing Circles" formula. This website tells you how to make them:
http://brilliantdays.com/how-to-create-amazing-circles/
It's extremely addictive! Don't say I didn't warn you.

A Graceful Gathering

"My heart knows what the wild goose knows
And I must go where the wild goose goes
Wild goose, brother goose, which is best
A wanderin' foot or a heart at rest . . ."
~From the song "Cry of the Wild Goose", composed by Terry Gilkyson

Buds in a Bubble

“One day I shall burst my buds of calm and blossom into hysteria.”
~Barbara Johnson

A New Beginning

"Teach us to delight in simple things,
And mirth that has no bitter springs;
Forgiveness free of evil done,
And love to all men 'neath the sun."

~Rudyard Kipling

Phillis Wheatley

Written on the stone of which the statue rests upon:
Phillis Wheatley Ca. 1753-1784
Born in West Africa and sold as a slave from the ship “Phillis” in colonial Boston, she was a literary prodigy whose 1773 volume “Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral” was the first work published by an African writer in America.

“Imagination! Who can sing thy force?
Or who describe the swiftness of thy course?
Soaring through air to find the bright abode,
Th' empyreal palace of the thund'ring God,
We on thy pinions can surpass the wind,
And leave the rolling universe behind:
From star to star the mental optics rove,
Measure the skies, and range the realms above.
There in one view we grasp the mighty whole,
Or with new worlds amaze th' unbounded soul.”

(From the poem “On Imagination”)

Illumination Door

“For the wise man looks into space and he knows there is no limited dimensions.”
~Lao Tzu

Perfectly Perched

"The essence of pleasure is spontaneity."
~Germaine Greer
Enjoy the weekend, everyone!

Meet Watermelon Helen

She was seen yesterday in the Prudential Center in Boston, advertising the Cow Parade event this summer. The artist of this particular cow is Kate Royal.
www.cowparade.com
“All the good ideas I ever had came to me while I was milking a cow.”
~Grant Wood (American Painter)

Growing Together

"I believe that the reason of life is for each of us simply to grow in love.”
~Leo Tolstoy

A Light on Love

“All Love is sweet. Given or returned. Common as light is love, And its familiar voice wearies not ever.”
~Percy Bysshe Shelley

Hang on to your dreams

"There is no telling how many miles you will have to run while chasing a dream."
~Author Unknown

Windows to the Imagination

"No object is mysterious. The mystery is your eye."
~Elizabeth Bowen

An Opening . . .

"Every exit is an entrance somewhere else."
~Tom Stoppard

Sweet Solitude

"By all means use sometimes to be alone.
Salute thyself; see what thy soul doth wear."
~George Herbert

What About Bob?

"Baby step to four o'clock. Baby step to four o'clock."
~ Bill Murray in the movie "What About Bob", playing character Bob Wiley

Ripples of Light

"So powerful is the light of unity that it can illuminate the whole earth."
~Bahá'u'lláh

Duck, duck, goose

My husband and I took a long walk to a little pond yesterday afternoon, and enjoyed watching these little domestic ducks and a goose who swam by to check us out.
“Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air…”
~Ralph Waldo Emerson

The Tree

"The tree is more than first a seed, then a stem, then a living trunk, and then dead timber. The tree is a slow, enduring force straining to win the sky."
~Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Love Keeps on Blossoming

“Love is the only flower that grows and blossoms
Without the aid of the seasons.”
~Kahlil Gibran

Today is my wedding anniversary ~ I've been married for 15 years to this guy. :-)

Honeyed Horizon

“It is the eye which makes the horizon.”
~Ralph Waldo Emerson