A ship is safe in the harbor,
February 17, 2014
but that’s not what ships are built for. — Guel Attel Feed your sense of wonder with the voyages of dreams, adventure and discovery. * * * Photo credit: Mary O’Connor © 2014
Category: Beauty
Gift of lasting love
February 13, 2014
Butterflies, according to Chinese symbolism, represent young love, especiallly lasting love. Legend has it that a poor young man and a rich man’s daughter were deeply in love. But being a poor scholar, the young man was rejected by the young woman’s father, who separated the couple and forbade them from seeing each other. Heartbroken, … More Gift of lasting love
Perhaps love is like a resting place,
February 10, 2014
a shelter from the storm, it exists to give you comfort, it is there to keep you warm, and in those times of trouble, when you are most alone, the memory of love will bring you home. – John Denver * * * Photo credit, Mary O’Connor © 2014
“Part of doing something is listening.
February 6, 2014
“We are listening. To the sun. To the stars. To the wind.” — Madeleine L’Engle Do we hear what they have to say? * * * Photo credit: Mary O’Connor © 2014
As inherent to life as love…
January 27, 2014
the colorful “eye” markings of the peacock’s showy tail feathers add the meaning of courtship to the language of sweet spots.
The ideal mountain trail is one which has no end.
January 23, 2014
The ideal trail journey is one which never turns back, but leads forever onward to discover what lies around the next bend and beyond the next crest. – ELMER ADAMS, Walking in the Clouds * * * Scout on winter New Hampshire trail, photo by Terry Logozzo © 2014
The warmth of togetherness…
January 20, 2014
“In misery it is great comfort to have a companion.” – John Lyly * * * Photo credit: Mary O’Connor © 2014
Hope…
January 16, 2014
is being able to see that there is light despite all the darkness. ̶ Desmond Tutu * * * Photo credit: Mary O’Connor © 2014
The tide recedes, exposing a page of sand.
January 13, 2014
“The power of a handwritten letter is greater than ever. It’s personal and deliberate and means more than an e-mail or text ever will. It has a unique scent. It requires deciphering.” — Ashton Kutcher * * * Photo credit: Mary O’Connor © 2013
The color of cold
January 9, 2014
“For how can one know color in perpetual green, and what good is warmth without cold to give it sweetness?” ― John Steinbeck * * * Photo credit: Mary O’Connor © 2014
