“Change the texture of your thoughts and your life will change. The future is not something we wait for, it is something we create.” — Author Unknown “Little moments can have a feeling and a texture that is very real.” — Ralph Fiennes * * * Sunflowers at Lyman Orchards. Photos by Mary … More Feeling
“Morning is silent. Morning is calm. Morning is beautiful, but morning is not complete without wishing you a Good and Wonderful Day.” — Author unknown Good morning wishes to all my friends and believers that life is truly full of sweet spots. May you enjoy your day! * * * Water Lily photos … More Complete
“Why settle for average when amazing is attainable?” — Author unknown * * * Red-winged blackbird photo by Mary O’Connor © 2016
“Worry is like a rocking chair, it gives you something to do, but gets you nowhere.” — Glenn Turner * * * Rocking chairs on porch of Hill-Stead Museum, overlooking Farmington, Connecticut, hillside. Photo by Mary O’Connor © 2016
“Give the ones you love wings to fly, roots to come back and reasons to stay.” — Dalai Lama * * * “Bless this Nest” watercolor painting by Mary O’Connor © 2016 (currently hanging in the Essex (CT) Art Association Summer Exhibition, “Where I Live.”)
“Never mind searching for who you are. Search for the person you aspire to be.” — Robert Brault * * * Egret searching under the dock, photo by Mary O’Connor © 2016
It was a day when the ocean lay still, merging its salty wetness with the dank side of the sky and the air was thick with fish, so thick that you could see them—in full color, I might add—darting and turning through the edges of waves before losing their way in the deep. There were … More Counting fish
“Keep calm and pretend you are at the beach.” — author unknown Load your favorite inflatable beach buddy onto the back of a hot yellow Nash Metropolitan beach car, then “take a deep breath. Get present at the moment and ask yourself what is important this very second.” — Greg McKeown * * * Photo by Jan … More Stay cool
“The world cannot be translated; it can only be dreamed of and touched.” — Dejan Stojanovic “Without translation, I would be limited to the borders of my own country. The translator is my most important ally. He introduces me to the world.” — Italo Calvino No translation necessary here… The Best! * * * … More Translation
“You don’t get harmony when everybody sings the same note.” — Doug Floyd “Music is truly the universal language, and when it is excellently expressed how deeply it moves our souls.” — David O. McKay With more than 17,000 pipes, the world’s largest pipe organ is housed in Passau, Germany’s baroque 17th century St. Stephen’s Cathedral, … More Harmony
Life Is Full of Sweet Spots 