“Wishing, like sipping a glass of punch…is merely a quiet way to spend one’s time before the candles are extinguished on one’s birthday cake.” — Lemony Snicket “You can’t get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to suit me.” — C.S. Lewis * * * Ruby-throated hummingbirds take a tiny … More Just a sip
“Life isn’t black and white. It’s a million gray areas, don’t you find?” — Ridley Scott “I’ve noticed that truth is very rarely found in the extremes, in the black and white – you’ll usually find it right in the middle, in the gray. It’s just much harder to find that way.” — Cole Ryan … More Truth
“To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.” — Charles de Montesquieu “It’s when ordinary people rise above the expectations and seize the opportunity that milestones truly are reached.” — Mike Huckabee * * * Sunflowers at Lyman Orchards, Middlefield, CT, photos by Mary O’Connor © 2016
“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
Life Is Full of Sweet Spots 