People don’t notice…
December 26, 2013
whether it’s winter or summer when they’re happy. ̶ Anton Chekhov * * * Photo credit: Mary O’Connor © 2013
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“I love snow for the same reason I love Christmas:
December 23, 2013
“It brings people together while time stands still.” ̶ Rachel Cohn Wishing a Merry Christmas and the happiest of holidays to all! * * * Photo credit: Mary O’Connor © 2013
“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
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
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