“Any human anywhere
May 16, 2016
will blossom in a hundred unexpected talents and capacities simply by being given the opportunity to do so.” — Doris Lessing * * * Springtime, photos by Mary O’Connor © 2016
Category: flowers
“Love is the only flower
May 12, 2016
that grows and blossoms without the aid of the seasons.” — Kahlil Gibran * * * Magnolia blossom, photo 2016 © Mary O’Connor
“What I need is the dandelion in the spring.
May 5, 2016
The bright yellow that means rebirth instead of destruction. The promise that life can go on, no matter how bad our losses. That it can be good again.” — Suzanne Collins * * * Dandelions photo by Mary O’Connor © 2016
“A flower cannot blossom without sunshine,
April 28, 2016
and man cannot live without love.” — Max Muller * * * Spring blossoms, photo by Mary O’Connor © 2016
“People from a planet without flowers
April 25, 2016
would think we must be mad with joy the whole time to have such things about us.” — Iris Murdoch “Flowers and trees evoke the pleasures of paradise,and there is always a spot at the center of the carpet that brings calm to the heart.” ― Anita Amirrezvani … More “People from a planet without flowers
“Great things are not done by impulse,
April 14, 2016
but by a series of small things brought together.” — Vincent van Gogh * * * Streetscapes. Photo by Mary O’Connor © 2016
“It is good to love many things,
April 7, 2016
for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is well done.” — Vincent Van Gogh * * * Watercolor artist in Bonnet House gardens, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Photo by Mary O’Connor © 2016
“In joy or sadness,
March 31, 2016
flowers are our constant friends.” — Okakura Kakuzo * * * Iris photo, Mary O’Connor © 2016
“The spring came suddenly,
March 28, 2016
bursting upon the world as a child bursts into a room, with a laugh and a shout and hands full of flowers.” — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow * * * Scilia peek through the snow in a greeting of blue. Photo by Ruth Reluga © 2016
“Everything has beauty,
November 5, 2015
but not everyone sees it.” — Confucius Tangle of thistles. Photo by Mary O’Connor © 2015
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