“Don’t shy away from asking the tough questions.
May 2, 2016
Go wherever the facts lead. If you ruffle feathers, so be it.” — Michael Copps * * * Seagull photo by Mary O’Connor © 2016
Category: Nature
“A flower cannot blossom without sunshine,
April 28, 2016
and man cannot live without love.” — Max Muller * * * Spring blossoms, photo by Mary O’Connor © 2016
“People from a planet without flowers
April 25, 2016
would think we must be mad with joy the whole time to have such things about us.” — Iris Murdoch “Flowers and trees evoke the pleasures of paradise,and there is always a spot at the center of the carpet that brings calm to the heart.” ― Anita Amirrezvani … More “People from a planet without flowers
“There’s a trick to the Graceful Exit.
April 21, 2016
It begins with the vision to recognize when a job, a life stage, a relationship is over – and to let go. It means leaving what’s over without denying its value.” — Ellen Goodman * * * Departing Swan, photo by Mary O’Connor © 2016
“My eyes are my favorite part of me;
April 18, 2016
not for how they look, but for how they see.” — Frau Feuerameise Eye on the Serengeti, photo by Mary O’Connor “Look into my eyes and hear what I’m not saying, for my eyes speak louder than my voice ever will.” — Unknown “I think she has an old soul in her … More “My eyes are my favorite part of me;
“Great things are not done by impulse,
April 14, 2016
but by a series of small things brought together.” — Vincent van Gogh * * * Streetscapes. Photo by Mary O’Connor © 2016
“It is good to love many things,
April 7, 2016
for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is well done.” — Vincent Van Gogh * * * Watercolor artist in Bonnet House gardens, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Photo by Mary O’Connor © 2016
“In joy or sadness,
March 31, 2016
flowers are our constant friends.” — Okakura Kakuzo * * * Iris photo, Mary O’Connor © 2016
“The spring came suddenly,
March 28, 2016
bursting upon the world as a child bursts into a room, with a laugh and a shout and hands full of flowers.” — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow * * * Scilia peek through the snow in a greeting of blue. Photo by Ruth Reluga © 2016
“It is the nature of the strong heart,
March 24, 2016
that like the palm tree, it strives ever upwards when it is most burdened.” — Philip Sidney * * * Coconuts on palm tree, photo by Jan Logozzo © 2016
Life Is Full of Sweet Spots 