“Autumn…
October 5, 2015
the year’s last loveliest smile.” — William Cullen Bryant * * * Season’s signature. Photo by Mary O’Connor © 2015
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“There are two ways to get enough.
October 1, 2015
One is to continue to accumulate more and more. The other is to desire less.” — G.K. Chesterton * * * Ruby-throated Hummingbird dips into the well. Photo by Jan Logozzo © 2015
“Look here, I have succeeded at last
September 28, 2015
in fetching some gold from the sun.” — Gustav Kirchoff * * * Photo by Mary O’Connor © 2015
“What is life?
September 21, 2015
It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime. It is the little shadow which runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunset.” — Crowfoot, Canadian Blackfoot Tribe * * * American Buffalo in Yellowstone National Park, watercolor painting by Mary O’Connor … More “What is life?
“A rooster crows only when it sees the light.
September 17, 2015
Put him in the dark and he’ll never crow. I have seen the light and I’m crowing.” — Muhammad Ali * * * Oz, the rooster, crows throughout the day at Lavender Pond Farm in Killingworth, CT. Photo by Mary O’Connor © 2015
“The seeds of kindness you plant today
September 14, 2015
will bloom in the hearts of those that you touch, forever.” — Unknown * * * Great Spangled Fritillary butterfly touches down on purple coneflower. Photo by Jan Logozzo © 2015
“I love lavender—
September 10, 2015
both the color and the smell. And the sound (be quiet so you can hear it).” “There’s a few things I’ve learned in life: always throw salt over your left shoulder, keep rosemary by your garden gate, plant lavender for good luck, and fall in love whenever you can.” * * … More “I love lavender—
“Since love grows within you,
September 7, 2015
so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the soul.” — St. Augustine * * * Sailor, rescued by Animal Friends of Connecticut, gives as much love as he receives in his adopted owner’s “forever” home.
“The world is full of magic things,
September 3, 2015
patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.” — W.B. Yeats * * * Blossoms of Queen Anne’s Lace grace the summer field along with Black-Eyed Susans. Photo by Mary O’Connor © 2015
“The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us,
August 31, 2015
and we see nothing but sand; the angels come to visit us, and we only know them when they are gone.” — George Eliot * * * Sand dune at Watch Hill, RI. Photo by Mary O’Connor © 2015
Life Is Full of Sweet Spots 