“Do not ask your children to strive for extraordinary lives. Such striving may seem admirable, but it is the way of foolishness. Help them instead to find the wonder and the marvel of an ordinary life. Show them the joy of tasting tomatoes, apples and pears. Show them the infinite pleasure in the touch of … More Beyond the ordinary
Decisions are the hardest thing to make, especially when it is a choice between where you should be and where you want to be.” — Unknown author Bart, a Brittany Spaniel who spends many of his days with David and Peter in Boston, is known to slip off on weekends for some r&r in Little … More Two Worlds
“What if the Invader is Beautiful” — Louise Mathias “There is a way that nature speaks, that land speaks. Most of the time we are simply not patient enough, quiet enough, to pay attention to the story.”—Linda Hogan * * * … More Invasion
“It is in the contrast of light and dark that design happens.” — Helen VanWyk “We are so made that we can derive intense enjoyment only from a contrast.” — Sigmund Freud * * * Water lily pond — Photos by Mary O’Connor © 2017
“When I look into the eyes of an animal, I do not see an animal. I see a living being. I see a friend. I feel a soul.” — Anthony Douglas Williams * * * Breeze and Tiller, true and loyal Labrador friends of Jane and Bill, Branford, CT — Watercolor portrait by … More True Friends
You know how jellies are. Those gummy boneless bodies without any eyes, not even a brain, carried along with the tide, who knows why or if they have a purpose. Think what it must be like. How might they know where they are when they barely distinguish light, or that it’s night or that … More Jellies
“It’s easy to act as if you are a weathervane, always changing your beliefs and words, trying to please everyone around you. But we were born to be lighthouses, not weathervanes.” — Robert K. Cooper * * * Weathervane in Little Compton, RI — Photo by Mary O’Connor © 2017
“A beautiful appearance will last a few decades, but a beautiful personality will last a lifetime.” — Author Unknown * * * Male Purple Finch — Photo by Jan Logozzo © 2017
“You are not too small. No one is ever too small to offer help.”— Emlyn Chand * * * Just a baby — Photo by Mary O’Connor © 2017
“I just finished hanging Casey’s portrait and the more I look at it, the more real he looks! It seems as if he is actually going to jump right out into the living room!” — Carol Giuliano Meet Casey, retired Greyhound athlete. Now eight years old, Casey came to Connecticut from a Florida racetrack following … More Meet Casey
Life Is Full of Sweet Spots 