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
and man cannot live without love.” — Max Muller * * * Spring blossoms, photo by Mary O’Connor © 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
but by a series of small things brought together.” — Vincent van Gogh * * * Streetscapes. Photo by Mary O’Connor © 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
flowers are our constant friends.” — Okakura Kakuzo * * * Iris photo, Mary O’Connor © 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
but not everyone sees it.” — Confucius Tangle of thistles. Photo by Mary O’Connor © 2015
To live each one is to succeed.” — Corita Kent * * * Thistles in bloom, gone to seed, tended by a Great Spangled Fritillary butterfly. Photo by Mary O’Connor © 2015
they make life happier and so much sweeter.” — Unknown * * * Honey bee hives at Lavender Pond Farm, Killingworth, CT. Photo by Mary O’Connor © 2015
Life Is Full of Sweet Spots 