“The snow began to fall again,
December 19, 2013
drifting against the windows, politely begging entrance and then falling with disappointment to the ground.” ― Jamie McGuire * * * Photo credit: Mary O’Connor © 2013
Category: Life Is Full of Sweet Spots
For centuries men have kept an appointment with Christmas.
December 16, 2013
Christmas means fellowship, feasting, giving and receiving, a time of good cheer, home. ̶ W. J. Tucker Best wishes to all for a most joyful day! * * * Photo credit: Mary O’Connor © 2013
I wonder if the snow loves the trees and fields, that it kisses them so gently?
December 12, 2013
And then it covers them up snug, you know, with a white quilt; and perhaps it says, ‘Go to sleep, darlings, till the summer comes again.’ ― Lewis Carroll Photo credit: Mary O’Connor © 2013
Blossoms are scattered by the wind and the wind cares nothing, but the blossoms of the heart no wind can touch. – Yoshida Kenko
December 9, 2013
As if to dress the winter marsh, cattails turn their cigar heads into a white and fluffy mass of seeds, ready to drift off in the wind and build new colonies for spring. * * * Photo credit: Mary O’Connor © 2013
Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it. ― Roald Dahl
December 5, 2013
“The nutcracker sits under the holiday tree, a guardian of childhood stories. Feed him walnuts and he will crack open a tale…” ― Vera Nazarian Crack open your own gift of holiday joy! Click here to see how. Photo credit, Mary O’Connor © 2013
“Prometheus, teacher in every art, brought the fire that hath proved to mortals a means to mighty ends.”
December 2, 2013
Credited with the creation of man from clay, a bronze gilded Promethius guards holiday visitors and skaters at New York City’s Rockefeller Center plaza. The fire of 40,000+ shining holiday tree lights, strung on five miles of wire, reinforces this fabled god’s title as the giver of fire to humanity. * * * This year’s tree, a … More “Prometheus, teacher in every art, brought the fire that hath proved to mortals a means to mighty ends.”
We can only be said to be alive…
November 28, 2013
in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures. ̶ Thornton Wilder May this be a day to be conscious of our treasures–a time of Thanksgiving! * * * Photo credit, Jan Logozzo © 2013
Keep love in your heart.
November 25, 2013
A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead. ― Oscar Wilde Take advantage of this special Life Is Full of Sweet Spots offer and share a spot of holiday sunshine this season. * * * Photo credit: Mary O’Connor © 2013
“Clouds come floating into my life…
November 21, 2013
no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset.” ― Rabindranath Tagore Photo credit: Mary O’Connor © 2013
Black is a misnomer
November 11, 2013
True to its name, this winterberry holly heralds the pending change of season with clusters of red berries. Commonly called black alder, its leaves turn black before dropping off. Its berries, however, brighten the landscape well into the winter months—assuming, that is, that the birds don’t get to them first. * * * Photo by Mary … More Black is a misnomer
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