“Do not ask your children to strive for extraordinary lives. Such striving may seem admirable, but it is the way of foolishness. Help them instead to find the wonder and the marvel of an ordinary life. Show them the joy of tasting tomatoes, apples and pears. Show them the infinite pleasure in the touch of … More Beyond the ordinary
Decisions are the hardest thing to make, especially when it is a choice between where you should be and where you want to be.” — Unknown author Bart, a Brittany Spaniel who spends many of his days with David and Peter in Boston, is known to slip off on weekends for some r&r in Little … More Two Worlds
“What if the Invader is Beautiful” — Louise Mathias “There is a way that nature speaks, that land speaks. Most of the time we are simply not patient enough, quiet enough, to pay attention to the story.”—Linda Hogan * * * … More Invasion
“It is in the contrast of light and dark that design happens.” — Helen VanWyk “We are so made that we can derive intense enjoyment only from a contrast.” — Sigmund Freud * * * Water lily pond — Photos by Mary O’Connor © 2017
You know how jellies are. Those gummy boneless bodies without any eyes, not even a brain, carried along with the tide, who knows why or if they have a purpose. Think what it must be like. How might they know where they are when they barely distinguish light, or that it’s night or that … More Jellies
“A beautiful appearance will last a few decades, but a beautiful personality will last a lifetime.” — Author Unknown * * * Male Purple Finch — Photo by Jan Logozzo © 2017
“You are not too small. No one is ever too small to offer help.”— Emlyn Chand * * * Just a baby — Photo by Mary O’Connor © 2017
“It’s hard for the modern generation to understand Thoreau, who lived beside a pond but didn’t own water skis or a snorkel.”—Bill Vaughn * * * Chapman Mill Pond, Westbrook, Ct. — Photo by Mary O’Connor © 2017
“One of the very nicest things about life is the way we must regularly stop whatever it is we are doing and devote our attention to eating.” — Luciano Pavarotti * * * Monarch Butterfly feeding on decomposing banana — Photo by Jan Logozzo © 2017; taken at the Butterfly House, Cape Cod Museum … More Fine Dining
“Nature paints not; In oils, but frescoes the great dome of heaven; With sunsets, and the lovely forms of clouds; And flying vapors.” — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow * * * Monarch Butterfly — Photo by Andre.W, taken at the Cape Cod Museum of Natural History
Life Is Full of Sweet Spots 